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I'd love to know more about what this is actually testing, or what tests it subsumes, it's not really clear to me from the article. I.e. I get a skin check eve

I'd love to know more about what this is actually testing, or what tests it subsumes, it's not really clear to me from the article. I.e. I get a skin check every year (people take pictures instead of a machine, but its about the same), and it's about €50. Getting a bloodwork is free when asking my family doctor, or when donating blood. This is no MRI nor CT scan, so what _is_ it checking for $500? The article talks of circulation, does this replace some of those doppler vascular tests, perhaps?

bluGill 3y ago
There are a lot of options for tests. 15 years ago I found quest diagnostics price sheet online (it doesn't seem to be online anymore), at the time the lab cost to do your standard cholesterol measure (what most mean when they say blood work) was $1.10, but there was a long list of other things they could do, with the most expensive $18,000. (prices are from memory so probably wrong, but close enough for discussion)
asah 3y ago
do blood donations tests check your cholesterol etc ? or just infectious disease?
- riffraff 3y ago
  depends on the organization/country, in Italy the largest organization managing this is AVIS[0] and they do both infections (every time) and cholesterol etc (once a year), and you get the results, it's a "plus" of being a donor. In Hungary presumably they do the disease checks but they don't tell you the results either, AFAIK. [0] https://www.avis.it/diventa-donatore/ https://www.avis.it/diventa-donatore/
zamadatix 3y ago
> This is no MRI nor CT scan, so what _is_ it checking for $500? The $500 goal mark is for Ezra, a full-body MRI scan. The Neko Health scan is listed as costing ~$230. As for bloodwork the cost may be covered to you as part of insurance/the visit but it's most certainly not free. and there is definitely variety in what tests "bloodwork" includes.

bluGill 3y ago

There are a lot of options for tests. 15 years ago I found quest diagnostics price sheet online (it doesn't seem to be online anymore), at the time the lab cost to do your standard cholesterol measure (what most mean when they say blood work) was $1.10, but there was a long list of other things they could do, with the most expensive $18,000. (prices are from memory so probably wrong, but close enough for discussion)

asah 3y ago

do blood donations tests check your cholesterol etc ? or just infectious disease?

riffraff 3y ago
depends on the organization/country, in Italy the largest organization managing this is AVIS[0] and they do both infections (every time) and cholesterol etc (once a year), and you get the results, it's a "plus" of being a donor. In Hungary presumably they do the disease checks but they don't tell you the results either, AFAIK. [0] https://www.avis.it/diventa-donatore/ https://www.avis.it/diventa-donatore/

zamadatix 3y ago

> This is no MRI nor CT scan, so what _is_ it checking for $500? The $500 goal mark is for Ezra, a full-body MRI scan. The Neko Health scan is listed as costing ~$230. As for bloodwork the cost may be covered to you as part of insurance/the visit but it's most certainly not free. and there is definitely variety in what tests "bloodwork" includes.