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Healthy Living: 20 Important Health Checkups for Everyone

  By Renita Tisha Pinto  posted Jan 25th 2013 at 8:00AM IN | Avg Rating
Healthy Living

A health check up consists of a series of tests that are designed to check if you are on the right health track. The basic goal of a health check up is to find the hidden disease in your body, prevent it from building, and lower its effect on your body. Health checkups have several advantages. By taking up regular health checkups, you are increasing your lifespan by improving your health and preventing it from deteriorating. Today, Dr. K.M. Sunesara – General Physician, Mumbai, shares a list of 20 health checkups to reduce disease risk. Follow this list and schedule an appointment right away. *Images courtesy: © Thinkstock photos/ Getty Images

  • Important Healthy Checkup # 1: Pap test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 2: Blood pressure screening
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 3: Skin check
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 4: Cholesterol check
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 5: Dental examination
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 6: Bone mineral test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 7: Colorectal cancer screening
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 8: Breast cancer (Mammogram)
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 9: Abdominal aortic aneurysm
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 10: Sexually transmitted infections (STI) screenings
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 11: Testes examination
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 12: BMI assessment
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 13: Waist circumference measurement
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 14: Eye check up
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 15: Hearing assessment
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 16: Faecal occult blood test (FOBT)
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 17: Electrocardiogram (ECG)
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 18: Diabetes test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 19: Anaemia test
  • Important Healthy Checkup # 20: Thyroid test

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