Extremely high priority
Anew Sourcedcopperoral health
Top ChoiceOral Health
Removes 75% of mouth bacteria your toothbrush misses.
Cost$8.99
TimeNone
EnergyEffortless
ImpactHigh
15ImportantEvidence: mixed
Comprehensive blood work
2x/year.
Priority Matrix
The numbers.
Four dimensions, scored 1–6, where six is always the good end: cheapest, quickest, easiest, highest impact. Priority is Impact squared, divided by what it costs you in energy, money and time.
Cost$200–500
Time1 hr
EnergyEasy
ImpactVery high
How sure we are
MixedReal studies disagree, or the effects are small and noisy.
Kept separate from the priority score on purpose: confidence in the evidence never raises how worth-it something is.
What we read
- General health checks in adults for reducing morbidity and mortality from disease
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019
Across 17 trials and 251,891 adults, routine general health checks did not reduce total or cancer mortality — they increased diagnoses and some treatments without a mortality payoff.
- Screening for Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
JAMA · 2021
The USPSTF recommends screening for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes in adults aged 35 to 70 who are overweight or obese — a targeted panel, not a $400 wellness draw.
Research from Nordic Cochrane Centre. We cite their published work. They have no involvement with Anew.
Where this falls down
Still unknown. Targeted lipids, A1c, and TSH when indicated are not the same intervention as a twice-yearly comprehensive panel in people with no symptoms; the latter has never been shown to add years.
Topics
Where it fits.
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