Blog Posts

October 30, 2025

Science-Backed Foods That Prevent Disease

This week, let’s do a deep dive on the dietary side of proactive health. In line with the recognition that whole-body MRI is best at detecting early-stage cancers, cardiovascular issues like aneurysms, and neurological disorders such as multiple sclerosis, let us examine the associated and recommended diet choices that decrease overall risk for these illnesses.

October 18, 2025

Ovarian Cancer isn't Silent, We're Just Not Listening

Ovarian cancer often finds itself vastly overlooked. But why? About 75% of women with ovarian cancer actually have symptoms early on. The problem isn’t that it’s silent – it’s that the symptoms are easy to dismiss: bloating, pelvic pressure, urinary urgency, constipation, or fatigue. They get written off as IBS, UTIs, stress, hormonal changes, or “just being a woman.”

October 11, 2025

Your Mammography is Searching for Cancer in a Blizzard

Have you ever tried looking for a samoyed in the snow? What about one that couldn’t bark and was the size of a chihuahua? That’s what mammogram technology has been working with – tumors appear like small white masses on white backgrounds in the denseness of breast tissue.

October 2, 2025

I Found a Breast Lump at 17, My Genes Explained Why

About a year after learning how important it is to self-screen for breast cancer, a routine self-assessment yielded a small, firm bump at my fingertips – the kind you can't un-feel.

September 18, 2025

The Statin Ceiling

Your doctor hands you a prescription for a statin, a group of drugs aimed to reduce levels of cholesterol in the blood, and it feels like a major step forward for your heart health. And it absolutely is – statins have revolutionized cardiovascular medicine and saved countless lives over the past three decades.

September 9, 2025

Every Type of Heart Attack

Heart disease has ruled as the #1 cause of death in America for over a century. Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a heart attack – that’s about 805,000 people every year. How can people with completely different lifestyles share the same risk? And how are there actually five different types of heart attacks?

September 1, 2025

Back to School is Parent Health Season

The kids are finally out the door, and your house has never been quieter. For the first time in what feels like a lifetime, you can hear the hum of your refrigerator and the subtle whistle of air moving through your vents. You’ve spent several years focused on your children’s health – tracking their vaccines, monitoring their symptoms, rushing them to urgent care for every fever and scraped knee.

August 22, 2025

The Dark Side of Frequent Flying

Sleek suitcases. Crisp uniforms. Effortless professionalism wheeling through terminals.But behind that composed exterior, pilots, flight attendants, and even frequent business travelers are actually one of the most radiation-exposed workforces in America.

August 14, 2025

The Kidney Cancer That Hides In Plain Sight

Feeling dehydrated, an otherwise healthy woman in her early 50’s has been experiencing fatigue and what she assumed was a UTI that wouldn't quite clear up. It won’t be until a check-up for gallbladder pain reveals a mass on her left kidney.

August 6, 2025

MRI vs CT vs X-Ray: A Clear Comparison of Radiation Exposure

People sometimes notice that an X-ray technologist steps out of the room before pressing the button – and wonder, if it's safe for me, why do they leave the room?

July 27, 2025

Pancreatic Cancer: The Silent Killer

Picture this: you're living your best life, checking all the wellness boxes, in the peak of your health, when suddenly there’s something not quite right. A little back pain here, some unexplained weight loss there. Negligible issues, really, and most of us would shrug it off. But sometimes, these first inklings are your body's way of telling you something much bigger is happening.

July 18, 2025

First Responders Deserve More Than Just a Yearly Physical

First off: thank you, first responders. You rush toward things most of us spend our lives avoiding. But for all the praise, there’s one part of your story that usually stays hidden: what happens inside your body after years of answering the call?

June 25, 2025

How to Aggressively Treat Dangerous Soft Plaque

Not all plaque in your arteries is equally dangerous. To lower your heart attack risk, it helps to know what's actually inside those plaques – and which ones you should target first.

June 12, 2025

Ranking Every Test for Heart Attack Risk

There are plenty of tests out there to assess your heart attack risk — but before we rank them, it helps to know what’s happening inside your arteries.

June 2, 2025

Why People Choose Full Body MRI

There are a lot of reasons people come to TrueScan for a full-body MRI. But let's walk through the most common ones – and how this scan could give you peace of mind, help you catch disease early, and maybe even save your life.

May 21, 2025

The Complete Guide to MRI Safety

Let’s talk about MRI safety. Yes, it sounds boring. But ignoring it can result in burns, blurry images, or (very rarely) actual death. actual death. So yeah… kinda important. At TrueScan, we take MRI safety seriously – not just because we like clear images, but because we really like our patients to stay safe.

May 19, 2025

TrueScan vs Prenuvo

TrueScan and Prenuvo exist because the standard approach to healthcare – waiting until you’re sick to get treatment – just isn’t good enough anymore. Both offer high-resolution, full-body MRI scans that are designed for early detection.

May 10, 2025

The Entire TrueScan Process

From “Do I need a referral?” to “What do I do next?” You’re curious what it's like to get a full-body MRI at TrueScan? This guide walks you through exactly what to expect, step by step.

May 5, 2025

The Real Cost of a Full-Body MRI

A dedicated MRI is a targeted scan designed to evaluate a specific area of the body. They’re ordered for particular symptoms: knee pain, back pain, blurred vision. In comparison, a full-body MRI images the entire body using specialized protocols. In this post, we’ll explore what it would take to replicate a full-body MRI using dedicated MRIs.

May 4, 2025

The 86% Problem with Cancer Screening (and how we can fix it)

You probably know someone who looked perfectly healthy… Felt a little off… And then got diagnosed with stage IV cancer – out of nowhere. My grandmother felt completely fine. Then one day, she woke up feeling sick. We went from doctor to doctor trying to figure out what was going on. By the time she got an MRI, it was already late-stage gallbladder cancer. She passed away six months later.

May 1, 2025

What You Need to Know About Full-Body MRIs and Insurance Coverage

Let’s start with the obvious: Full-body MRIs are not covered by insurance. There is not even a CPT code for them yet. It exists entirely outside the traditional reimbursement system. But here’s the part most people don’t know: If your full-body MRI finds something — insurance still has your back.