First and foremost, take control of what you can control, start with behaviors. Identify good habits and behaviors (physical and nutritional) and eliminate bad ones. People face different situations at different ages and require different frameworks to take control and help themselves

Your genes are a given. But you can learn about them. That used to be impossible, then impossibly expensive. It isn’t now. Consumer oriented genetic testing focuses on a spectrum between ancestry and health. The expensive ones are individualized and comprehensive. The low-cost ones often support broad research. There are caveats because it is complex. But you can equip yourself to ask good questions, and it may inform or accelerate a diagnosis.

Accidents are not controllable. However, the chance of accidents and their severity are controllable. Avoidance and protection can reduce both.