NBC News aired a story on whole body MRI scans. Although it did include the usual cautions about false positives and their harms, the caution was undermined by the story's focus a rare case of a woman who had a brain tumor detected.
https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/02/26/nbc-news-and-false-balance-on-whole-body-mris/
David Gorski, MD, PhD /
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