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Radiology (X-RAY VISION) with Varshana Gurusamy

Ologies with Alie Ward

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Why Is MRI So Expensive?

An MRI costs like $5,000 or $10,000. I think it seems worth it just to purchase your own MRI. Let's talk about ultrasound goop. The gel helps create an interface between the ultrasound transducer in your body because air doesn't let sound travel very well through it. Tom Cruise apparently was doing ultrasound on Katie Holmes and baby Siri Cruz when Yale doctor said they should wait until their child is born.

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