A recent episode of the The Kardashians shared some startling news about Kim Kardashian's brain.

Discussing Kim's recent brain scan, her doctor pointed out "holes" on her brain scan he said were related to "low activity".

While this sounds incredibly sad and concerning, doctors and scientists have doubts about the technology used and its growing commercialisation.

I study brain health, including imaging the brain to look for early signs of disease.

Here's what I think about this technology, whether it can really find holes in our brains, and if should we be getting these scans to check our own.

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What can imaging really tell you?

Earlier this year, Kim was diagnosed with a brain aneurysm ,

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