Why doctors recommend getting your heart checked before 25
- Apollo's Health of the Nation 2026 report found only 7% of Indians are completely disease-free by the age of 40.
- Conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes and high cholesterol start silently in young adulthood — long before symptoms appear.
- A Bengaluru cardiologist says a heart check before 25 is not about finding disease — it is about setting a baseline to prevent it later.
- Indians develop heart disease 5 to 10 years earlier than Western populations — and 50% of heart attacks now strike Indian men under 50.
Source: firstpost.com
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