Carnell: I do not personally use whole-body imaging scans
Alex Carnell · GLP-1s, Peptides, and The Trillion-Dollar Health Revolution · Invest Like The Best · Apr 21, 2026 · at 59:40
Alex Carnell responds to a question regarding whether full-body MRI scans like Prenuvo should be part of an individual's preventative healthcare routine.
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“So for me personally, I'm not yet pursuing those. I, I'm very much focused on areas where if we're going to go and do a test, it's going to have a high probability of capturing what I'm testing for and a low probability have given me a false reading.”
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