Should You Have a Total Body MRI Scan? The Science of Early Disease Detection - with Dr. Raj Attariwala | EP 182

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There’s certainly a lot of interest these days in the idea of having a “total body MRI scan.” And with good reason. This turns out to be a highly sensitive study as it relates to detecting a variety of issues, even including early cancers.
I wanted to learn more about this technique so I traveled to Vancouver, Canada to meet with Dr. Raj Attariwala, developer of the Prenuvo Scan, a popular total body MRI here in America and the scan that I myself underwent.
In this interview we explore the need and utility of total body MRI, its limitations, what the future will likely bring in this area of imaging, as well as Dr. Attariwala’s more recent research dealing with metabolic imaging of the brain.

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0:00 Intro 
2:46 How & Why MRIs Work
7:37 Effectiveness for Early Detection
13:13 Cost/ Benefit Ratio of MRI
16:49 The Future of MRI & Metabolic Signature
21:27 Brain Health & Body Mass: Findings From Total Body MRI
27:20 Pushbacks on this Protocol
31:27 Total Body vs Regional MRI
34:00 Who Can't Have an MRI
36:00 Standardization in Interpretation of Scans
45:32 Success Stories
47:25 Detecting Colon Cancer
48:29 Best Protocol for Cancer Detection
51:53 Conclusion
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Dr Rajpaul Attariwala, M.D., PhD, FRCPC
Nuclear Medicine Radiologist & Biomedical Engineer
Dr Attariwala holds a doctorate in Biomedical Engineering from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) prior to becoming a double board-certified radiologist and nuclear medicine physician certified in both Canada and USA. He received his formal training at UBC, along with specialized training at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre (New York), UCLA, and USC. He is the creator of the Prenuvo scan and report which were developed at his MRI facility, AIM Medical Imaging in Vancouver Canada. His passion is to create and advance technology to help patients understand how their body changes in both health and disease. Currently he is working to develop and implement critical tools to promote healthspan in Medicine 3.0 with leading scientists and physicians from around the world. 

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