<p>It’s good to be on top of your health – but how far would you go to ensure you’re staying healthy?</p><p>Ads have popped up for full-body MRIs, promising to catch things from cancer to aneurysms.</p><p>Norman and Tegan scan through the potential benefits and risks of looking inside seemingly healthy bodies. </p><p>References:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.cancer.org.au/about-us/policy-and-advocacy/early-detection/principles-of-screening">Principles of screening - Cancer Council</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ajronline.org/doi/10.2214/AJR.22.28926" target="_blank">Incidental Findings and Low-Value Care</a></li><li><a href="https://www.bmj.com/content/345/bmj.e5339" target="_blank">Prevalence of abnormalities in knees detected by MRI in adults without knee osteoarthritis: population based observational study (Framingham Osteoarthritis Study)</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6850647/" target="_blank">Whole‐body MRI for preventive health screening: A systematic review of the literature</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7524843/" target="_blank">The effects of incidental findings from whole-body MRI on the frequency of biopsies and detected malignancies or benign conditions in a general population cohort study</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4362601/" target="_blank">Clinical value of whole-body magnetic resonance imaging in health screening of general adult population</a></li><li><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9600583/" target="_blank">Long-Term Psychosocial Consequences of Whole-Body Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Reporting of Incidental Findings in a Population-Based Cohort Study</a> </li><li><a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-015-0101-y" target="_blank">Impact of whole-body MRI in a general population study</a></li><li><a href="https://watermark02.silverchair.com/jama_davenport_2026_vp_260037_1777485663.35214.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAzMwggMvBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggMgMIIDHAIBADCCAxUGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQMOG3W7gPzuMiqjcZLAgEQgIIC5sHrFcpR4Fuo-WMMNLp3w5wPoVWqOWB9kNiCUq5v-FOtszmLJQemG79cKMGtBw_2h8Qa21qQIhflozYnBWRoyEkOddpiJ-j-mUWWW2FjSKJcLXtOdCkFw2678RJujd_Yo09lnyuhDP8wXLo5bDAwt-Iww1Bez1vLGiIxUJrPD3gypKuJcBgznSKXtqEMrVSHfY9xaVSjFYRQzx2SxnSfTw9RUwvLIUwa7oKsToG5MUUjzNE3Flz3-LJt1U0kGs23uPzY3XfXIdAX3YfCHf800VcUKr_gDwJPEr_WD0peL38viN1xu54-THNtzt5xgRMlSG1LDXkaJJGlTo-A4U30xnLa5yTt7sVjSfUPLC9KCRjS7awHyaEPRGQ_7RCaafSfrGJifHtyi04n_N_7_5_ZUdrPiuSdF9HZBAsnpwkG1UAWgE6518Ug80Qs5-Uq5KGAGhfzKU0lkVcdFuMiigOGH159wD3gXUw0eUzAggFPrqOrAPXOWYVCJ1yR4Y222AGDoWthz6HQ125gXgJILVHZX1WlyEqongF9fkLq9mOBlzMbhtLswbN40zz7bNwOwHN4wGpE9J_YRETj3T9Zsw4fxOIuZB30tl2CdeDRbA0FquZ480OAKdZkVKSi9SXUKd2mFG1pwTH6iHdgEH5vd6CwOI7PJIS1_nTqYqPpX5x6y46eaRNVeeKW2Dda_AdTRQ0u313o0dBCFNpiTDOW62IhXJWyzGwhH02VWOhebbsF8BofK9JyYJQLFbuafRfB3k3rW6xE2VyCBrycLsGTY8jZFf6wVCcGQMv5vpC-tNzfVzzR5gkQ6Y1foNdMOWsQj4TnRCRjRzlfs3vn9EFGfFFR-wvJwCKyxuQq-D8hN_-_Q5XzbhncFoDDWWfTxPwAfJi22-RnKzKTPBJ1_zwQsC4kzpfgOih07mSiPfLWwRJ2hnkhfD2mLfs2EYNM4guIcueMexByFP7zcKwloc3CpBAADbSra0x3eos">Elective MRI Screening of the General Public—Buyer Beware</a></li></ul><p>If you enjoyed this episode, check these out!</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/dna-kit-ancestry-disease-risk/105595444">At-home DNA tests — what can they tell you?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/do-glasses-weaken-eyes/105090422">Do glasses make your eyesight worse?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/functional-mushrooms-lions-mane/104922432">Can functional mushrooms really help treat cancer?</a></li></ul>