How we choose

On our testing comparison (22 providers). A provider is listed when:

• It sells a longevity test or program to consumers in Australia. A blood panel, a body scan (MRI, DEXA or CT), a DNA or epigenetic age test, or a longevity program that bundles testing with clinician time.
• It publishes an Australian price on its own site. Where the price varies by package or location, we show "from". One program, Eir Liv, publishes no prices; the price shown is the one it gave us when we asked, and its listing says so.
• It says what's included. What's tested, how the sample is collected, whether you need a GP referral, and where it's available. Where the provider doesn't say, we show "Not stated".

Longevity programs. A program (5 listed) must also meet these four rules:

• Testing is what's sold. A set of health tests, with its own published price, that you can buy without buying a treatment.
• It covers more than blood. Blood testing plus imaging, genetic or epigenetic testing, or both, described by the provider as a longevity program. Blood-only memberships are listed with blood tests.
• A doctor reviews your results as part of the price. Doctors don't have to be named. Where they are, we say so and check one on the AHPRA register.
• You can see where it happens. A clinic address, or for telehealth, a stated service area and where samples are collected.

We also search the TGA, ACCC and AHPRA records for action on the program, its advertising or its doctors in the last five years. Anything we find is cited on the listing with its date and a link to the regulator's record; it doesn't keep a program off the list. Clinics that also sell treatments can be listed for their testing program; we list the program and say what else they offer. There are no scores or tiers: a program meets the rules or it isn't listed.

One exception: Eir Liv publishes no prices and doesn't name its scans or tests. It stays listed with the price it gave us when we asked, and we'll ask again each year.

Kinds of clinic we don't list as programs. These sell a treatment, or have no set testing program with a price: testosterone and hormone clinics where testing leads to a prescription, GLP-1 and weight-loss services, IV drip and infusion lounges, aesthetic clinics and medical spas, stem cell, peptide and "regenerative" clinics, wellness retreats and spas, and GP and concierge practices with no fixed program. Hospital and executive health checks are listed when they meet the four rules.

Providers are grouped by type and ordered by price inside each group.

On our products page (40 products). A product is listed when:

• It's relevant to healthspan. It measures, tracks or trains something linked to healthspan (sleep, fitness, strength, body composition, metabolic or hormonal health, focus and attention), or it's a recognised longevity or recovery modality: sauna, cold plunge, light therapy, percussion massage, compression, non-invasive nerve stimulation or pulsed pressure-wave systems sold for sleep, stress or recovery. Commodity items with no measuring, tracking or training function aren't listed. Cold plunges are shown with a chiller: a tub or barrel you fill with ice, sold without one, isn't included in a listing's models or price range.
• You can buy it in Australia, with a published price. From the brand's own Australian store, its official seller or an Australian retailer it names, or from an overseas brand's own store that ships to Australia. Where a brand publishes only a US-dollar price, we show it as US$ and say so; import duties and taxes may be extra. A product that's only taking deposits or is quote-only isn't listed until that changes.
• It fits the category's scope. Strength covers smart strength machines and adjustable dumbbells. Light therapy covers light used for skin or for vitamin D, not light boxes or glasses for mood or body-clock timing, and not hair-growth caps.
• No safety recall. A product under a TGA or ACCC Product Safety Australia recall covering the model on sale isn't listed until the brand's fix is published, and the recall is then stated on the listing as a fact. We search both recall databases by brand and product, and date the search. A recall of a model that's no longer sold doesn't keep a product out.
• Health claims are checked or labelled. Where a brand claims a health measurement or effect (an ECG, blood pressure, a "biological age", a treatment effect), we search the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) and say what we found, including when we found no entry, or we label the claim as the brand's.

How strong the evidence is for a category is shown in its evidence note, not used to leave products out: for many devices there's no long-term outcome data either way. Variants of one product share a listing with a price range. Genuinely different products from one brand are listed separately. Products are grouped by category and ordered by price.

On our supplements page (9 all-in-one stacks). An all-in-one product is listed when:

• It's sold for longevity as one daily product or kit, with a price on the brand's own store, sold to Australia.
• The brand publishes its ingredient panel. We count every dosed ingredient from the brand's own panel. Ingredients in a blend with no stated amounts are named separately and kept out of the counts. We never estimate a dose.
• A bundle counts only if it's priced as one. A bundle of separate dosed bottles qualifies when it's priced well below the sum of its parts. A bundle sold at about the sum of its parts doesn't.

For each stack we look up the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods and show its ARTG number, or "Not listed" where we found none. Being listed means the product is on the register; listed medicines aren't evaluated for effectiveness before sale. Each ingredient is sorted into an evidence tier by one written rule. Stacks are ordered by cost per 30 days.