Airdate: Michael Mosley: Do We Need Health Tests?

Tonight SBS begins a new Michael Mosley series Do We Need Health Tests?

This aired in theUK last August.

Are expensive scans worth it? What about DNA testing for diseases? In this surprising and insightful documentary Michael Mosley investigates the real value of health tests.

Despite living longer and healthier lives than ever before, we have never been more obsessed with our health. In an effort to detect the signs of silent killers lurking inside, more and more of us are turning to health tests, in the hope that if we catch it early, more can be done to help … but does it?

7.30pm Monday April 18 on SBS