The tests are presented as a way to detect early cancers or ‘silent killers’ – but are they a good idea if I’m otherwise healthy?
Whole-body MRI scans have been around for more than a decade but it is only lately that they have started taking over social media feeds.
In a promotional post on Instagram last year, Kim Kardashian wrote about her experience of being scanned by what she called a “life saving machine”. “It has really saved some of my friends lives and I just wanted to share,” she posted. Paris Hilton shared a similar experience of having a full-body scan to “proactively” rule out breast cancer. “I encourage every single one of you to go get a scan,” she said.
