[lonely_wanderer]

I think there’s actually a difference between getting a battery of tests from a set of doctors (overseen by the government) tailored to your risk factors and a company trying to sell a fully body scan which they think you should casually get all the time.

[nihonde]

I don't think there's much difference? The technicians that perform the tests are not doctors. You usually see a doc for 5 mins at the end, to discuss any anomalies. Even then, they're just going to refer you to see your GP or a specialist. At the end of the day, the ningendoku is just information that your doctors can access. I'd much prefer a high-resolution full body scan.

Either way, the patient should make the choice about whether they want that info, not an insurance company or a know-it-all armed with a dubious study concluding that asymptomatic conditions are better left undiscovered.

[lonely_wanderer]

I have thought about your position more and I realize I basically agree. More data isn’t strictly good, but in the right hands it is useful, and that choice should be left to individuals.

Also, it makes sense to me that, as technology improves and becomes cheaper, we should utilize it more. It may take time to come up with the proper process to maximize usefulness and reduce false positives, but it’s the path of progress.

I hope that in the future, humans consider it barbaric that we weren’t aware of things like cancer and tumors at the earliest stages, even if in many cases there’s no treatment necessary.