Exclusive | I got a high-tech $499 health scan in a basement right out of Severance they found a heart issue doctors had missed

Wearing nothing but underpants, I’m standing in front of a dozen or so high-res cameras in a SoHo basement.A woman’s voice rings out above me: “A bright light will shine for a few moments.

Please close your eyes.”I’m at the brand new Neko Health on Lafayette Street, where the machine (and a doctor) will analyze my skin to flag anything of concern.And that’s just one of the tests.For $499, the Swedish company provides information on your skin, body composition, visceral fat, circulation and heart health.

Single tests that look at some of these, like MRI and DEXA, can run several hundred to several thousand dollars each without insurance.“I wouldn’t say that there’s anything else out there that’s similar” to Neko’s scans, Dr.Sunita Mishra, the company’s chief medical officer, told The Post.And there are a ton of gadgets at work, including a proprietary laser system that looks at micro-vasculature in your feet — complete with swooshing animations, dramatic lighting effects and a futuristic office that wouldn’t be out of place on a Disney World ride.I went to see for myself whether it was just another unnecessary health gimmick or something that could offer truly valuable insights — and ended up learning something about my heart that past EKGs had missed.Preventative health is a booming $415 billion market, fueled by a rise in chronic illnesses like diabetes and high blood pressure.

And New York is a hotbed for the ultra rich to get cutting-edge medical care for the sake of longevity — with one plan running $60,000 a year with a $100,000 initiation fee.Neko Health is taking a different approach, hoping to give a better picture of individual health to a wider range of people.The reality is that most American adults don’t actually get their annual physicals and only going to the doctor when they’re sick, meaning they may be missing big problems lurking below the surface.Neko has some crazy success stories of catching those life-thr...

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Publisher: New York Post

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