A growing number of startups and celebrities are now touting full-body MRI scans. The clinics say the goal is to give you advanced warning about certain health issues before you have symptoms.
The clinics say the goal is to give you advanced warning about certain health issues like cancer before you have symptoms.
“This is a new kind of safety net that previously has really only been offered to people at significant known risk of disease, and part of the goal is to extend that safety net to people with lower risk,” said Dr. Daniel Sodickson, a professor at the NYC Grossman School of Medicine.You get the 30-minute scan in an imaging center run by radiologists.
But Dr. Mirza Rahman with the American College of Preventive Medicine has other concerns beyond the cost. “It's important to think of this as looking for disease, which we don't believe occurs randomly, but it occurs in particular areas, and that's the challenge of these full-body scans. In addition to being very expensive, they are doing things that may provide no benefit, although then you give patients that perception,” said Rahman.He recommends people follow the guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force about which types of screenings to get and when to get them.
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