I don’t really know much about it, but I don’t get what the deal is with those ads on TV for people with no problems to get whole body scans, shouting about how you could have this or that and could DIE if you don’t get this scan-then they put up the price-quite a lot of money, and isn’t that a big dose of radiation, too? I can see that anything is game for advertising, but aren’t those companies worried about liability down the road?
I don’t know about those, but I think xshub would consider paying out of pocket for one of the heart scans. His mom died suddenly of a massive heart attack, and he’s convinced that’s how he will go.
I personally would not worry about the radiation. as I said, I am scanned yearly to monitor a kidney malformation. I asked about the radiation and the stats according to the radiologist, do not indicate any huge problem with that amount of frequency. so a one time only scan can’t possibly be much of a worry as far as radiation.
I’ve never seen one of those ads.