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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Bryony Gooch

NHS should offer ‘polypill’ to slash heart attack and stroke risk, experts claim

The British Medical Journal claimed it could be a 'flagship strategy' for the Labour government - (Getty Images)

Thousands of people could avoid heart attacks and strokes if the NHS offered people aged 50 and over a single daily pill, rather than a five-yearly health check, experts have argued.

A single “polypill”, which combines a statin and three blood pressure-lowering drugs, could replace NHS health checks for over-fifties, according to an op-ed published in the the British Medical Journal.

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