Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Full-body MRIs promise to help detect cancer and other issues early. But they can also be expensive and unneeded medical tests.

Depending on whom you ask, a full-body MRI is either an early-detection breakthrough or an unnecessary procedure that harms more than helps. Why it matters: Scans from companies like Prenuvo and Ezra ...

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Full-body MRIs promise to help detect cancer and other issues early. But they can also be expensive and unneeded medical tests. Doctors gave us a good framework for assessing whether a full-body MRI ...

Doctors have been arguing over the utility of preventive full-body MRI scans for decades. In 2004, it became a central plot point on an episode of the TV show "Scrubs." "I am considering offering full ...