ABC News' Becky Worley writes about her experience with elective medical tests. Becky Worley is a consumer and technology correspondent for "Good Morning America." When my 41-year-old best friend was ...

Medicare Part B covers outpatient PET scans when ordered by a doctor and considered medically necessary. PET scan costs can vary depending on whether you have the scan in a hospital as an inpatient, ...

For an insubstantial fee, many private clinics in the UK offer full-body MRI scans to detect disease and abnormalities at the earliest stage. Kim Kardashian and Kate Hudson are fans. (Other celebrity ...

This systematic review and meta-analysis of 41 studies included 4305 patients with various cancers who underwent whole-body fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) PET/CT for the detection of distant metastatic ...

Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Matt Fuchs lives in Maryland and writes about health, science, and technology. Calvin Sun was a healthy 37-year-old when ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jesse Pines is an expert in healthcare innovation and wellness. A patient enters the MRI scanner for a full-body imaging session — ...

I’ve always believed in being proactive about my health, but like most people, I usually only see a doctor when something feels wrong or if I’m overdue for an annual exam. That changed when I learned ...

"I was just so certain that this was going to give me peace of mind and that they were not going to find anything serious," Sarah Blackburn shared in a video ahead of her whole body MRI. Sarah ...

With celebrities such as Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton singing the praises of full-body MRI scans, a growing number of people are coughing up the cash for the preventive measure — but is the peace ...

Credit - Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Lu ShaoJi—Getty Images, cscredon/Getty Images via Canva.com) Calvin Sun was a healthy 37-year-old when a full-body MRI scan showed ...