Medical-> info on Full Body scans?

[JEDI]

I'm looking to get my father (age 60+) a complete screening. but he doesn't want to be poked and prodded. then i found this:

Full Body Scan

It's $800, but costs doesnt matter when it comes to my father.

Just wondering if anyone knows if there are different types of Full Body scans? And links on what to look for and what to avoid when choosing one of these Scanning places?

THX

 

[vailr]

The link you gave is for a CT "whole body scan". I'd recommend that you avoid such a rip-off. Instead, get a physician referrel (thus: insurance-paid) to a local hospital or medical school's CT machine. There, get a heart scan only, and possibly lung scan if the patient is a smoker. Perhaps add the "virtual endoscopy" if family history would so indicate.
Why expose the head area (including the thyroid gland) to x-rays, when there is little likelihood of finding anything of medical significance?

 

[JEDI]

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