India, July 1 -- Diseases don't appear out of nowhere; there are subtle hints our body keeps giving, but somehow, in the rush of life, we fail to notice them. In an interview with HT Lifestyle, on the occasion of National Doctors' Day, Dr Rajinder Kumar Singal, principal director and HOD, internal medicine, BLK Max Hospital, lists down health tests every adult should consider based on their age.

According to Dr Singal, many adults view their 30s as a period of physical invulnerability, but this is exactly when the groundwork for lifestyle diseases is laid. Due to unique genetic vulnerabilities, South Asians experience coronary artery disease much earlier than global averages, with a staggering 25% of all heart attacks in India occurring ...