Bernstorff M, et al. - In this Ebeltoft Health Promotion Project (EHPP), a parallel randomised controlled trial in a Danish primary care setting, researchers analyzed the long-term impact of population-based general health checks on cardiovascular disease (CVD) and all-cause mortality. In total, 3,464 people were randomised as invitees (n = 2,000) or non-invitees (n = 1,464). They involved 1,511,498 Danes living outside the municipality of Ebeltoft as an external control group. The authors discovered no impact of general health checks offered to the general population on CVD or all-cause mortality. Similar results were found for CVD and all-cause mortality when comparing invitees to the remaining Danish population.