Since the Bank Secrecy Act of 1973 requires your bank to microfilm all of your checks and hold these records for six years, the state can get intimate details of your life from a study of your checking account.
The rap against MRIs as a diagnostic tool for low back pain is not that the scans usually reveal nothing, or even that they're expensive, it's that they often show a lot of abnormalities in the back that may have nothing to do with the source of your pain.
An MRI uses magnets and radio waves to capture images inside your body without making a surgical incision. The scan allows your doctor to see the soft tissue of the body, like muscles and organs, in addition to your bones. An MRI can be performed on any part of your body.our doctor might order a lumbar MRI if you have the following symptoms: 1  back pain accompanied by fever. 2  birth defects affecting the spine. 3  injury to the lower spine. 4  persistent or severe lower back pain. 5  multiple sclerosis. 6  problems with your bladder.