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    Should People Avoid Whole-Body Screening Info?

    Astral Codex Ten Podcast · Jul 10, 2026 · 25 min
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    The most controversial part of last week's article on the Midjourney ultrasound scanner was medical experts' recommendation against whole-body screening (including existing whole-body screening technology using MRI). Isn't this crazy? Whole-body screening can save lives by detecting serious diseases like cancer. The experts counterargue that it finds so many false positives - minor zit-like…

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