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Medical Test Chronicles: Victoria's MRI

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Our medical system loves diagnostic equipment, the more complex, the better. But this proliferation of exotic machinery poses an intriguing question: Can someone actually fail a medical test? This film illustrates that patients do fail and that MRI's can be invasive, scary and maybe even dangerous.

By Greg Woodbury

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