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Whole-Body MRIs Aren’t As Beneficial As They Seem

September 12, 2023

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Read time:

5-15 mins
Mri Full Body Scan Kardashian
Presented by Health Lab

Getting whole-body MRIs may not be as beneficial as they seem. Some of the harms of full-body imaging to low-risk patients are overdiagnosis, overtreatment, and their related complications. Matthew Davenport, M.D., a radiologist at the University of Michigan, argues there is bliss in ignorance when it comes to scans and discusses how less is truly more,

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