Early

Key Benefits

• Screens for biomarkers linked to some of today's most prevalent serious diseases, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, urinary tract and bladder cancers, and problems in kidney function.

• Monitors your sodium-potassium balance, a dietary marker linked to heart disease and stroke risk.

• Tracks hydration and metabolic wellness markers alongside blood in urine and glucose signals.

• Builds a personalised health record over time, so you know what's normal for your body.

• Results delivered to your app in under five minutes. No needles, no clinics, no hassle.

• Automatically prompts you to see a doctor when results indicate and provides a GP-friendly summary to bring to your appointment.

Serious diseases send signals long before symptoms appear. These are often intermittent and can be missed in one-off testing. A third of cancers are still first discovered in A&E. Heart disease is responsible for 1/6 deaths in the UK, yet if caught early, survival reaches 95%. 8 out of 10 people with pre-diabetes are not aware of it.

You can screen for markers of cancer, diabetes, heart and kidney disease in urine. When monitored regularly, these markers are much less likely to be missed. Early exists to close the gap between what is possible and what is happening.

Early Lab takes the functionality and sensitivity of a hospital-grade urinalysis machine and brings that insight into your home. Miniaturised, beautiful, incredibly easy to use and capable of generating personalised results in under 5 minutes, it screens for biomarkers linked to serious disease, alongside everyday wellness markers such as hydration and metabolic health. 

Designed to fit seamlessly into a morning routine, Early builds a personalised health record, so you learn what's typical for your body and spot meaningful changes sooner.

What Early tests for

Glucose
Early is developed to screen for urinary glucose signals that may indicate abnormal glucose handling, a possible early signal of diabetes or pre-diabetes.

Blood in urine
Early screens for blood in urine, which can be an early signal of serious diseases including bladder and urinary tract cancers, kidney disease, and other conditions affecting the kidneys and urinary tract, and is often not visible to the naked eye, even at clinically meaningful levels.

Sodium, potassium and Na/K balance
Early monitors your sodium-potassium balance, a dietary marker linked to heart disease and stroke risk, so you can see how your diet is shaping your long-term cardiovascular health.

pH
pH reflects your urinary environment and responds to diet, hydration, and exercise. Dehydrated, fasting, or eating a high-protein diet? It shows up in your urine, and Early tracks it.

Not just disease screening
Early isn't just disease screening. Every test feeds your weekly Early Resilience Levels, blending biomarkers with sleep, activity, and hydration to reveal how daily habits shape your body from the inside. Internal health tracking, made effortless.

Behind every Early Lab is a team of scientists, engineers and designers working to make something clinically complex feel effortlessly simple. Early is built on a single conviction: too many serious diseases are still found too late, and people deserve a private, simple way to catch meaningful changes in their health sooner.

With our Healf Curation Process, we do the work for you. Shop with confidence knowing that every item has been tried, tested, and curated for you.

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Step 1: Hold the absorbent tip in your urine stream for 5 seconds, re-cap the test and insert it into your Early Lab.
Step 2: Receive results in your Early app within five minutes.
Step 3: Track your trends over time in the app. Early will prompt you to speak to your GP if it identifies a persistent signal worth a closer look.

Specifications:
Biomarker panel: Glucose, Blood in urine (haemoglobin), Sodium, Potassium, Na/K ratio, pH: Reusable Early Lab reader + disposable test strips, Battery life: 3 months, Water resistance: Fully waterproof. Result time: Under 5 minutes, Connectivity: Syncs automatically to the Early app. Certification: CE mark pending under EU IVDR 2017/746.