2003

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Screening Programme May Save Lives in Western Isles

09/06/2003

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) Screening is to be offered to around 1500 men in the Western Isles for the first time. Screening begins this week and will be carried out in GP surgeries by locally trained staff.

Screening Programme Continues to Save Lives

25/08/2003

Around 600 men in the Highlands will have a better chance of surviving in later years of life, thanks to a successful screening programme in Highland. Over 7000 men have so far been screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in the first large screening programme of this kind to take place in Scotland.