logo
welcome
The Conversation

The Conversation

Full-body scans to look for hidden disease are a bad idea – here’s why

The Conversation
Summary
Nutrition label

76% Informative

Many private clinics in the UK offer full-body MRI scans to detect disease and abnormalities at the earliest stage.

MRI produces 3D detailed anatomical images of almost every internal structure in the human body, including organs, bones, muscles and blood vessels.

Unlike X-rays or CT , it doesn’t rely on ionising radiation, which can very slightly increase the risk of cancer.

VR Score

66

Informative language

59

Neutral language

53

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

44

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

External references

25

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa070972https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3473994/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK582154/https://www.instagram.com/p/CvszJqGyfqr/?utm_source=ig_embed&ig_rid=fefd88e5-da91-4ab4-b40f-8e680fb1e99b&img_index=1https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6796233/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Preventable_and_treatable_mortality_statistics#Leading_causes_of_avoidable_deathshttps://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/7/7/e014129https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/tests-and-scans/multiparametric-mrihttps://www.bmj.com/content/363/bmj.k4577https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/tarlov-cystshttps://www.ajnr.org/content/early/2023/03/16/ajnr.A7821https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/tests/mri-scanhttps://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/mortality-and-global-health-estimateshttps://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2799079https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13640457/celebrities-kim-kardashian-mri-scan-learn-health.htmlhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21474687/https://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiol.2021211547https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/1672286https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/blood-cholesterol/causeshttps://www.nhs.uk/conditions/x-ray/#:%7E:text=Being%20exposed%20to%20X%2Drays,1%2C000%2C000%20chance%20of%20causing%20cancer.https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/cavernoma/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK532997/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19714009221098115?icid=int.sj-full-text.similar-articles.4https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/JCO.2023.41.6_suppl.321https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282211/

Affiliate links

no affiliate links