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| Men to be screened for aneurysms | |
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| The first NHS screening programme offered just to men is to be rolled out in Scotland in three years' time, BBC Scotland has learned. | The first NHS screening programme offered just to men is to be rolled out in Scotland in three years' time, BBC Scotland has learned. |
| From 2011 all men over the age of 65 will be screened by ultrasound for aortic aneurysm - a potentially fatal blood vessel condition. | |
| If left untreated, the aneurysm could burst and the chances of survival are then less than 50%. | |
| It is thought the screening programme could save about 170 lives per year. | It is thought the screening programme could save about 170 lives per year. |
| Men are six times more likely to have an aneurysm than women. | Men are six times more likely to have an aneurysm than women. |
| If detected early enough, the condition can be corrected by surgery. | If detected early enough, the condition can be corrected by surgery. |
| Screening programmes aimed specifically at women have been in place for more than two decades. | Screening programmes aimed specifically at women have been in place for more than two decades. |
| The programme for men has already been piloted in the Highlands and Western Isles, but it will not up and running nationally until 2011. |