Comment by riahi
4 days ago
I can speak from the radiology perspective:
My problem with Prenuvo is not the screening aspect; it’s that Prenuvo is poor value. For the cost you pay out of pocket, I can find you conventional imaging centers that will charge the same (or less!) for fully diagnostic images and a fully diagnostic report. And they will give you the images on disk (or a link to a portal) right there.
If you want to be screened and have the cash to pay for it, go right ahead! Knowledge (can be) power! With the caveat that imaging is step 1 and you may need further work up. Don’t go to the Theranos of imaging; go some place truly diagnostic.
It drives me crazy how many doctors are against elective screenings. When has having more data ever been a bad thing?
Agree that Prenuvo are crazy expensive compared to Mirovita ( https://mirovita.com) and others who offer the exact same service for significantly less.
There’s this idea that a false positive means screening is not working; it’s part of why health systems argue against screening at all.
See fights over: mammography, serum PSA, Lung cancer screening, colonoscopy, etc.
I wouldn’t say most frontline doctors are personally against screening, but they hate fighting with insurance companies over this stuff, and would rather not deal with it.
Prenuvo is nice but really expensive. You can do this way cheaper in Asia.
This Mirovita (https://mirovita.com) one looks decent. Anyone try it out yet?
I haven’t seen mirovita’s images but I have seen Prenuvo…and I’m not surprised at the misses. It’s just garbage.
I was referring to random small businesses like this guy. I have seen the images from his centers; they are excellent.
https://www.firstlookmri.com/
Mirovita is a similar price point.
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I wish I had mentioned that I recognize there are some very valid reasons why a professional with a deeper knowledge than I have might steer their patient away from some of these offerings (completely separate from the reason I mentioned.) Thank you for making that point!