Health checks in general practice

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Abstract
One group based in Oxford, testing strategies to reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease and cancer in general practice populations, has greatly influenced British health policy. It is to the OXCHECK researchers' credit, therefore, that evangelistic fervour has not clouded their evaluative judgment. In their latest report they conclude that health checks for unselected middle aged people achieve little or no reduction in smoking and excessive drinking (p …