The COR One in-home test for inflammation is for anybody who is concerned about inflammation and wants to take action to prolong a healthy life. Family mode allows each member of the household to have their own dashboard.

With inflammation, the indicators can show up early, even in your 20s. 

No. Such devices are not sensitive enough and can only measure acute inflammation, e.g., to confirm a bacterial infection. Chronic inflammation is microinflammation – rather than acute inflammation, which produces significantly higher levels. The COR One can measure both chronic and acute inflammation.

The COR One only requires a tiny dot of blood from a finger stick and this has been developed using a special cartridge to make that as simple as using a glucose test strip. The drop is obtained using a lancet, similar to that diabetics use when taking a glucose measurement. We do not use dry blood spots because, 1) they typically require multiple blood drops which may be painful for some people, 2) blood testing unique dry samples does not achieve the same accuracy as liquid samples.

These are called lancing devices or lancets and they are available at any drugstore, over the counter or sometimes behind the pharmacy counter.  They do not require a prescription.  You can use any of these, they are all the same essentially.  When using a lancing device, the lancing site makes a big difference.  Fingers have lots of nerve endings and can be a painful site.  Try using the side of the finger or use an alternate site like the forearm or upper arm.

C-reactive protein (CRP) and High Sensitivity C-reactive protein (HS-CRP) are excellent biomarkers to monitor for health-conscious individuals. HS-CRP is particularly useful for determining the presence of microinflammation. However, HS-CRP is more suited to a diagnostic setting than tracking. Tracking requires ongoing frequent measurements. Only with tracking can you have the best chance to lower your baseline and properly adjust lifestyle factors such as nutrition. In short, 1) HS-CRP would, at minimum double the costs without corresponding benefits, and 2) HS-CRP typically hits its lowest limit before ESR does when trying to adjust lifestyle factors such as diet to lower inflammation – therefore, ESR offers more “room” to optimize one’s health. Besides, ESR and CRP strongly overlap. Both are acute-phase reactants.

It is our intention to make COR available worldwide but right now it is only shippable to US and Canada addresses. As with all products the COR One is subject to local regulation and requirements. 

Yes! COR accepts HSA and FSA cards for your purchase.