Fountain Life - Naples

Fountain Life's Naples centre is the only location in the group offering its Restorative Biologics therapy. The company's own membership page says you must hold an APEX membership to take part, and that the therapy is not FDA approved.

The clinic is at 1000 Immokalee Rd on the north side of Naples. Fountain Life says it also draws members from Marco Island, Bonita Springs, Estero, Fort Myers and Sarasota.

You join for a year rather than booking a visit. Fountain Life's comparison table sets out how much of its 27-test diagnostic catalogue each tier covers: 8 of 27 on CORE, 24 of 27 on APEX and 3 of 27 on APEX Family. The catalogue includes:

• whole-body and brain MRI, a scan that builds detailed pictures of the body without X-rays
• a DEXA scan, a low-dose X-ray measuring bone density and how much of the body is muscle rather than fat
• a blood panel the company says covers more than 100 markers, plus whole genome sequencing
• a CT scan of the heart's arteries, a low-dose lung CT and a trace of the heart's rhythm
• VO2 max testing, the most oxygen your body can use while exercising hard, which the company flags as newly added
• an epigenetic biological age test, which reads chemical tags on DNA rather than counting birthdays

Treatments are billed on top of the testing. The same table lists Restorative Therapeutics as not available on CORE and a la carte on APEX. Named ones include therapeutic plasma exchange, ultrasound-guided orthopaedic injections, stem cell therapy, peptides, hormone therapy and IV nutrient drips. Members do not pick their own; Fountain Life says a physician directs them.

The Naples page advertises outcome figures, among them 96% for detecting life-threatening disease before symptoms appear and a fourfold improvement on standard cancer screening rates, without saying how many people were measured or over what period. Its frequently-asked-questions section is written about the Dallas clinic rather than this one. No prices appear anywhere on the site, and membership is quoted after a private consultation.