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[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 6 points 19 hours ago

I get a whole body CT scan every 24 months. It's, IMHO, a wonderful preventative medicine procedure. Bullshit like what Midjourney is doing will make people doubt the benefits of actual medical grade scans. Worse, some might forgo a real scan because they "already did the dolphin golden light scan which is the same thing".

[-] schnoopy@awful.systems 5 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

You... irradiate the shit out of your body every 24 months? Are you nuts? At that frequency you're doubling or trippling your typical radiation dose.

Have you read at all about the risks of overdiagnosis and exploratory surgery on benign tumours?

[-] AlfalFaFail@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 hours ago

These are low dose CT scans. Their utility, however, isnt yet supported by any evidence. For most cases you'll want to be either symptomatic or at least a high risk population like a former smoker.

https://www.fda.gov/radiation-emitting-products/medical-x-ray-imaging/full-body-ct-scans-what-you-need-know

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