British men have been urged to get a grip of their unhealthy lifestyles after a major study revealed they are twice as likely to suffer heart attacks as women.
The NHS will start offering blood pressure checks in barber shops so that men can have a test while they have their hair cut, in a drive to identify those at high risk of deadly heart problems.
Health chiefs hope that offering millions of free checks to the over-40s will prompt men to lose weight, cut down on drinking, and start medication such as statins before it is too late.
Heart disease is the biggest killer of men in the UK, and new research has provided the first comprehensive breakdown of the scale of the increased
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