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A full body MRI earns you a year of smoking

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This article evaluates the health benefits and risks of routine full-body MRI scans for asymptomatic individuals. It uses quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to argue that the marginal benefit of such screening may be lower than commonly perceived.

These are all about equivalent to the risk of one year of smoking.

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