A chemical injected before MRI scans to help create sharper images may cause some patients to experience a potentially deadly complication in rare cases, a new study suggests. Researchers from the ...

The FDA has started a review of a novel MRI contrast agent developed by Bayer that can reduce levels of gadolinium, a rare earth metal that can have damaging health and environmental consequences.

A toxic metal used in MRI scans may pose greater health risks than previously thought, according to new research. The metal, called gadolinium, is used in contrast agents that are injected into a ...

New research suggests that MRI with contrast may create nanoparticles that infiltrate your tissues. The research is preliminary, and more work needs to be done. Doctors stress that MRI with contrast ...

A twist on magnetic resonance imaging that does not require gadolinium contrast appears to be as effective as standard imaging at detecting prostate cancers, according to a new study in JAMA. Experts ...

Lisa Larson opted to get a breast MRI in addition to her yearly mammogram, and she says that decision may have saved her life ...

A man has died after being pulled into an MRI machine in New York while wearing a heavy metal necklace. The 61-year-old, who has not been named, was pulled by the machine's strong magnetic force after ...

A man is in a critical condition after he was magnetically pulled into an MRI machine while wearing a metal neck chain. The 61-year-old walked into the MRI room at Nassau Open MRI on Long Island, New ...

Janet Howard says she is “very, very, claustrophobic” and thus “very, very scared” when her doctor ordered a magnetic resonance imaging test to help evaluate a lumbar problem she was having after a ...