Influencers call these medical tests lifesaving. Here’s what you may not know


Around half of the posts that researchers reviewed explicitly encouraged viewers to get these tests themselves, despite the fact that there is not strong evidence that they improve outcomes for healthy people. — Pixabay

The post looked simple enough: Kim Kardashian, hair pulled back in a ponytail, posed in front of an MRI wearing scrubs branded with the logo of medical imaging company Prenuvo.

“I recently did this @prenuvo scan and had to tell you all about this life saving machine,” she wrote. The MRI could pick up on traces of cancer or other diseases, she said.

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