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Supporting informed health decisions with actionable data from full-body MRI scans and blood tests.

23/04/2026

Most heart risk estimates are built on averages, like age, cholesterol, blood pressure. A Coronary Artery Calcium (CAC) score does something different: it looks directly at your arteries and measures the calcified plaque that's actually there.

A score of zero signals low risk over the next 10-15 years. A score above zero makes risk tangible - and actionable.

The response usually starts with lifestyle: Mediterranean-style eating, regular aerobic and strength training, quality sleep, no to***co. For moderate to high scores, statin therapy is often added to lower LDL cholesterol and stabilize existing plaque. The calcified plaque itself isn't reversible, but the risk it represents is very manageable - the goal is to stop new plaque from forming and stabilize what's there.

The scan takes around 10 minutes, is non-invasive, and uses low-dose radiation. Combined with a full-body MRI and comprehensive blood panel, it fills in what standard check-ups miss.

Full breakdown of what a CAC score means and what to do with it — link in bio.

21/04/2026

Two people. Identical BMI. Two completely different pictures of health. The difference lives in what BMI can't see:

Visceral fat, the fat that wraps around your organs, releases hormones and inflammatory signals that affect how your body handles sugar and insulin. It's not visible in the mirror, and it doesn't show up on a scale.

Muscle mass determines how well your metabolism holds up as you age. And where fat is stored matters as much as how much you have: fat around the abdomen carries more metabolic and cardiovascular risk than fat around the hips and thighs.

BMI was designed in the 1800s to study populations, not individual bodies. A full-body MRI gives you something it never could: a precise, radiation-free picture of your actual body composition.

To learn more about visceral fat read our full blog post — link in bio.

19/04/2026

Your old blood test results are collecting dust somewhere. But did you know you can submit them to us - and we'll incorporate them directly into your health report?

That PDF from your GP two years ago, the one you downloaded, probably couldn't make sense of, and never opened again - we'll take it. We add your previous results into your report so instead of a single snapshot, you get a timeline: how your markers have moved, what's trending in the right direction, what's worth keeping an eye on.

Most providers make you start from scratch. At Ahead, you don’t need to, because your health history belongs to you, and trends over time are much more informative than a single result.

Submit what you have. It's included, free of charge.

17/04/2026

Can you guess what part of the body this is? An MRI can look like abstract art until you know what you’re looking at. Swipe through to test yourself and see how many you get right.

14/04/2026

Switzerland ranks among the healthiest countries in the world. And yet over half the population has insufficient Vitamin D levels. 1 in 10 menstruating women are iron deficient, most without knowing it.

These aren't gaps from bad habits. Switzerland gets limited sun for much of the year. Iron loss is often silent. B12 deficiency builds slowly. None of these show up in how you feel - until they do.

The only way to actually know is to test.

We wrote a full breakdown of the most common nutrient deficiencies in Switzerland, why they're so easy to miss, and what your blood panel can tell you about them.

Link in bio.

Sources: Swiss Medical Weekly / University Hospital Basel · BMC Women's Health

12/04/2026

MRI or CT - two scans that come up a lot in preventive health, and it's not always obvious which one does what.

MRI uses magnetic fields, which means no radiation, and best for soft tissue and organs. CT uses X-rays, which makes it faster, and better for bones and acute situations. Neither is better. They just answer different questions.

We created a breakdown of the main differences, when each scan makes sense, and why we chose MRI as our preventive foundation - on the blog now.

https://www.aheadhealth.com/de/insights/mri-vs-ct-scan-how-to-choose-the-right-one

09/04/2026

When it comes to blood tests, the race to offer more and more biomarkers is real and growing.�

But more doesn't always mean better insight. What matters isn't the number on the label, it's whether the markers you're testing actually tell you something meaningful and actionable about your health, before a problem has the chance to develop.�

Swipe for the biomarkers our Swiss specialists consider essential - and read the full breakdown on the blog. Link in bio.�

07/04/2026

"A €500 screening that catches something early can save €50,000 in treatment costs — and years of quality life. The math has always been obvious. The infrastructure to act on it hasn't been."

Today is . This year's theme: Together for health. Stand with science.

Those are the words of our CTO, Vega Vinsensius, former Google engineering leader who helped bring Gemini to healthcare, and one of the people most responsible for the technology stack behind Ahead. Here's his full take:

"Preventive health is simultaneously the most undervalued and highest-ROI layer of medicine. A €500 screening that catches something early can save €50,000 in treatment costs - and years of quality life. The math has always been obvious. The infrastructure to act on it hasn't been.

AI-enriched diagnostics, longitudinal tracking, and scalable imaging don't compete with treatment budgets - they sit upstream and reduce pressure on them. Preventive health doesn't need to cannibalize existing care. It needs its own stack.

This is what 'stand with science' looks like in practice: building the systems that turn early detection from a privilege into a default. Not replacing clinicians, not promising miracles — just moving the moment of insight earlier, for more people, backed by evidence."

We're building exactly that.

05/04/2026

Easter weekend has a way of reminding you that your body ages. Egg hunts, garden games, carrying kids on your shoulders - the kind of movement that's easy to take for granted.

What most people don't realise is that joints start changing from around your 40 - and by 60, the majority of people have visible changes in at least one joint. The problem is that cartilage doesn't send early warning signals. By the time something hurts, the process has often been underway for years. Not a reason to worry, but a reason to stay on top of your health. ��The most evidence-backed things you can do are also the most accessible: strength training protects cartilage by reducing load on the joint and building the muscle that supports it. Mobility work keeps range of motion where it should be. And knowing your baseline — what your joints actually look like right now, to make decisions based on real data, not guesswork.

Move freely this Easter. And for a long time after.

03/04/2026

Good news, backed by science: dark chocolate genuinely does something for your mood – and the mechanism is more interesting than you'd think.

A randomised controlled trial found that 30g of 85% cocoa dark chocolate daily for three weeks significantly reduced negative mood states, with measurable changes in gut microbiota diversity. The key is the cocoa content: the effect was seen at 85%, not at 70%.

It works through several pathways, flavonoids, magnesium, theobromine, tryptophan. Each doing something different. Each making a real difference.

So, enjoy your chocolate eggs this Easter. Science is on your side.

Source: Shin et al., Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 2021

02/04/2026

April is Stress Awareness Month. It's been running every April since 1992, and has been deliberately scheduled around tax season, which tells you everything you need to know about how long we've been bad at this.

33 years later, 42% of workers in Switzerland report be be frequently stressed and 30% are emotionally exhausted, a record high.

Your body has a very real response to stress, and once you understand what's happening inside, there's a lot you can do to help it through. Swipe for four things that actually make a difference.

Sources: Travail Suisse 2025 / Job-Stress-Index, Gesundheitsförderung Schweiz

24/03/2026

Most people receive their results as a dense PDF with no context, no explanation, and no clear next step.

Total cholesterol alone tells you very little. What actually matters:

- LDL: High levels can build up in your artery walls over time. But the number alone doesn't tell the full story
- HDL: Helps clear cholesterol from your arteries. Higher is better
- Triglycerides: Often the earliest signal of metabolic issues — and the most underrated marker in a standard panel
- ApoB: Counts the actual number of harmful particles in your blood, not just the cholesterol they carry. More precise than LDL alone
- Your ratios: How your markers relate to each other. Often where the real picture emerges

When you test with Ahead, you can bring previous blood results with you, and we'll include them in your report at no extra cost. Every marker is interpreted in the context of your age, s*x, lifestyle, and goals, with a plain-language note from a doctor on where you stand and what you can actually do about it.

Cholesterol numbers aren't a verdict, but a starting point and you deserve to actually understand them.

Source: Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), MonAM 2022

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