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- A mass launch of The BIG Bolton Health Check will be held in Victoria Square on Friday, June 20, where health bosses hope to treat at least 500 people between 11am and 6pm.
- The health check takes just 10 minutes and involves a finger prick blood test to check cholesterol levels, a blood pressure check and a few simple lifestyle questions.
- Cardiovascular disease can lead to heart attacks, heart disease and strokes.
- In just 10 months, 46,000 people should be tested as part of The BIG Bolton Health Check, the first test of its kind in the world.
- Health bosses estimate the health check could save thousands of lives as 10,000 people in Bolton could be at high risk of developing heart disease in the next 10 years.
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