Episode 621: Whole-Body MRI for Cancer Screening: Many findings, little benefit

Mm-hmm.

And I, and I, and I think the thought is that wouldn't it be good if we could just look at everything inside our bodies, and [laughs]

Yeah

... and see if there's any problems going on and, and, and so it's, it's all about really this is just screening, um, uh-

Correct

... you know, with whole body MRIs.

And, uh, uh, are you...

Are the...

I mean, are the two of you hearing people asking for this much or...?

Well, that's where it stemmed from.

Uh, I'll speak first.

Uh-

Yeah

... usually Emily was getting this, um, a- and I don't know the numbers, but it wasn't infrequently.

Yeah.

And you know, the old adage that prevention i- is, is the key for everything.

Yeah.

And there are al- also, um, influencers, which I'm not really sure what they are, but I think I've seen them before.

Uh, they talk about this stuff.

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Mm-hmm.

And I think that they're, through social media, they're actually promoting these kind of, uh, adventures and, uh, misadventures with the whole body MRI, and if you catch something early, it's gotta be good for you.

Yeah.

You know? And, uh-

Yeah.