Heart Health – Blood Pressure & Cholesterol

High blood pressure and high cholesterol are two of the biggest risk factors for heart attack and stroke, and often cause no symptoms at all. The good news is that both can be checked easily and there is a lot you can do to bring them down.

HAD A CHOLESTEROL TEST?

What does your result really mean?

See your chance of a heart attack or stroke shown as 100 people like you, find out whether a statin would make a difference, and the simple changes that help most.

  • Your 10-year risk in a simple picture
  • Statins: the real benefits and side effects
  • What you can do yourself, starting today

See what your result means →

 

10 in 100 = a 10% risk

Call 999 straight away if you have chest pain, tightness or heaviness lasting more than 15 minutes, or sudden weakness in the face or one arm, or slurred speech. Do not wait, and do not contact the surgery first.