We don’t have enough long-term data to know if getting a full-body MRI scan when you feel fine actually helps people live longer or saves money — so doctors can’t say if it’s worth doing.

We don’t know yet if scanning the whole body with MRI helps healthy people live longer or save money over time when checking for cancer.

We don’t have enough solid proof yet to say that scanning the whole body with MRI helps healthy people find problems early or saves money.

Getting a full-body MRI scan to check for problems isn't worth the cost because it often finds harmless things that cause stress and tests, and no one has proven it helps people live longer.

Companies are selling full-body MRI scans to healthy people who feel fine, but doctors don’t agree that these scans actually help or are worth the cost.

Some people think that getting a full-body MRI scan might help find several health problems at once and save you from having to do lots of separate tests — but this hasn’t been proven yet.