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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Nilima Marshall

More than 3 million in UK invited to take part in world’s largest health study

The project aims to develop new ways to detect illnesses earlier and predict who is at higher risk of diseases (David Davies/PA) (Picture: PA Media)

More than three million adults in the UK are being invited to take part in one of the world’s largest health research programmes.

In what is thought to be one of the most ambitious projects of its kind, Our Future Health plans to develop new ways to detect illnesses earlier – when they can be treated more easily – and more accurately predict who is at higher risk of diseases such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, dementia and stroke.

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