MacLaren's Pub.
With everyone comforting him, Ted's mood had begun to improve.
But Adam and the others knew it was only temporary.
After he went home and slept tonight, Ted would wake up tomorrow and sink once more into the grief of Anna's death.
Fortunately, after examining him, Adam determined that Ted had not been overwhelmed by grief to the point of developing a mental illness.
There was no need to force anything. He just needed to get through this period.
Before long.
One morning, they would wake up to see a fully recovered Ted greeting them.
"Marshall, Lily, remember to bring Ted along the day after tomorrow," Adam reminded them before leaving.
"Got it," Lily agreed.
"Adam, is this really necessary?" Marshall hesitated. "I thought one physical examination a year was enough. Now that it's suddenly changed to once every six months, won't those imaging tests expose us to harmful radiation?"
"Mm." Adam smiled. "Don't worry. X-rays and CT scans do have radiation effects, though they're not high. But having them once every six months isn't ideal either. MRI scans, however, use nuclear spin imaging based on biological magnetic fields. Their principle is completely different from X-rays and CT scans, which use radioactive rays for imaging. So MRIs carry no potential radiation hazards."
"If that's the case, why do we mostly hear about X-rays and CT scans?" Lily asked curiously.
"Isn't that obvious? One word: money!" Barney cut in.
"Yes and no." Adam glanced at him, then explained to Lily and the others, "Not only do MRIs pose no radiation risk, they can also produce better and more accurate results in a variety of specialized examinations. But they have drawbacks too. The first, naturally, is that they're expensive! CT scans aren't cheap to begin with. Emmm. Well, actually, once