What 3 doctors actually think about Midjourney's new body scanner

Christina Farr brings together three clinicians with genuinely different views: cardiologist Venkatesh Murthy, rheumatologist Paul Sufka, and internist Sandeep Palakodeti, to react to Midjourney, the whole-body scanning startup that went viral after an Elon Musk retweet. The conversation centers on a real tension in medicine: when does more screening actually help people, and when does it just generate more anxiety, biopsies, and cost without saving more lives? —SPONSOR: Baker Health🩺 This episode is brought to you by Baker Health. Evidence-based medicine and real holistic care, under one roof, with labs, results, and 24/7 live doctor chat all in one app.Download the Baker Health App: https://linktr.ee/baker_health Learn More: https://www.bakerhealth.com/  The only practice in NY & NJ where you can text your doctor directly and get same-day reservations.  Make a Reservation: https://reservations.bakerhealth.com/medical?utm_source=lifers  —LINKS: MidJourney: https://www.midjourney.com/medical Velocity Health: https://velocityhealthclinic.com/ Twin Cities Orthopedics: https://tcomn.com/physicians/paul-sufka/ Elon Musk’s retweet: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2067427059895521345?s=20 Caltech research: "Whole Cross-Sectional Human Ultrasound Tomography” (April 2026): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41551-026-01660-4 Caltech's own writeup: https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/scanning-the-body-with-sound South Korean thyroid screening study: https://bmccancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12885-020-07597-4 Japan active surveillance study (Kuma Hospital): https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/endocrj/71/1/71_EJ23-0395/_article  Chrissy Farr on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@LiferswithChristinaFarr Subscribe to the Second Opinion Newsletter: https://secondopinion.media/ Chrissy’s Book: The Storyteller's Advantage: https://www.chrissyfarr.com/books—FOLLOW:Venk:https://www.linkedin.com/in/venkmurthy https://x.com/venkmurthy  Paul:https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulsufka https://x.com/psufka  Sandeep:https://www.linkedin.com/in/sandeep-palakodeti-md-mph https://x.com/DrDeepMD  Chrissy:https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinafarr/ https://x.com/chrissyfarr https://www.instagram.com/cfarr/  Second Opinion Media:https://www.instagram.com/second.opinion.media/ https://x.com/second_op_media—TIMESTAMPS:(00:00) Lead In(00:46) Intro(02:17) Whole body MRI basics(03:11) Incidental findings trap(05:52) Can AI fix imaging(08:38) Evidence vs overdiagnosis(13:00) Autonomy, incentives, liability(20:42) Sponsor: Baker Health(21:58) Lifestyle wins from scans(23:27) Who pays downstream costs(34:03) Midjourney tech under fire(39:01) Regulation gray zones(41:50) Bold new era argument(45:10) Finding silent disease early(49:50) Avoiding snake oil future(53:19) Wrap