India, Dec. 18 -- Last week's row over US President Donald Trump's 'preventive MRI' is now seeing fresh commotion on social media. Billionaire businessmen Elon Musk and cardiologists are warring on the usability or the futility of the idea.

Replying to a tweet by a person saying they often get preventive MRIs to keep better track of their health, Elon Musk tweeted, "Widespread MRI usage done at least annually with AI reviewing the data would greatly improve wellbeing and mortality."

Responding to him, Dr Deepak Krishnamurthy, Director and Lead Cardiologist, KIMS hospital Bengaluru, trashed the idea. "A recipe for over diagnosis and unnecessary procedures. People who come with symptoms are often worried about being over investigated with...