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The Independent UK
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Helen William

Men need to talk to each other more about health, Sir Chris Hoy says

Sir Chris Hoy in Inverleith Park, Edinburgh as he is announced as a supporter of Bank of Scotland’s London 2012 partnership (David Cheskin/PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Chris Hoy says there needs to be more conversations about health between men as he is on track to help up to 500,000 people check for prostate cancer after announcing he is terminally ill from the disease.

Prostate Cancer UK say the impact of his announcement in October has seen almost 300,000 men make a check online and more than three-quarters of them had one or more of the three main risk factors of disease, including family history.

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