Wealthy People Are Getting Full-Body Scans. Early Detection or Unnecessary?

Re:Wealthy People Are Getting Full-Body Scans. Early Detecti... by bsder on Friday August 25, 2023 @10:49PM (#37269512)

> However, MRI is completely benign.

Unless you use a contrast dye--which is basically needed to be useful at spotting anything.

And an MRI will find something. So, the real problem is that you now need 3 or 4 followup MRIs over a period of 2 years to classify them as benign or not.

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Re:Wealthy People Are Getting Full-Body Scans. Early Detecti... by eigenhombre on Saturday August 26, 2023 @08:54AM (#37272426)

> And an MRI will find something...

Not my/my family's experience - in fact MRI were used to clarify CAT scan false alarms / rule out real issues.

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