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Shifting Healthcare to a Preventive Model - Andrew Lacy, Founder & CEO of Prenuvo
FromRaise the Line
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30 minutes
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
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Podcast episode
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“After an hour in this machine, I learned more about my health than the health system had told me my entire life.” That’s our Raise the Line guest Andrew Lacy describing a full body MRI scan he underwent several years ago in Canada that sparked the idea for the company he subsequently founded, Prenuvo, which uses advanced MRI technology for preventive screenings. Growing curiosity about the state of his health as middle age approached had prompted Lacy to undergo a diagnostic gauntlet: colonoscopy, genetic screening, blood tests and more. But he didn’t get the comprehensive answer he was seeking until the MRI. “Seeing the results of that scan felt like I was seeing the future of healthcare. From that moment on, my mission was to figure out how can I take this and bring it to the world,” says Lacy, a serial entrepreneur, investor and advisor in a wide range of industries. He has taken big steps toward fulfilling that mission by raising $70 million to establish scanning centers in nine locations in North America with plans for many more. Prenuvo’s MRI technology candetect solid cancer at Stage 1 as well as 500 other medical conditions, and has already proven to be invaluable for many clients, as he tells host Shiv Gaglani. “There's a potential to have a lifesaving diagnosis in one out of every twenty people who are scanned.” Tune in to learn how Prenuvo is hoping to deepen our understanding of aging and early disease progression, shift the healthcare system toward a prevention-first model and help people take control of their own health. Mentioned in this episode: https://www.prenuvo.com/Use this promo code for a $300 discount on a whole-body scan: OSMOSIS
Released:
Jul 6, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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