Preparing for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan involves several essential steps to ensure the procedure is both safe ...

A 32-year-old man died after being sucked into the MRI machine at the Nair Hospital on Saturday evening. Following which, the Agripada police have arrested the resident doctor and the ward boy who ...

If you’re dealing with persistent, unexplained symptoms like sharp pain, chronic numbness or noticeable muscle weakness, ...

When ferromagnetic objects enter an MRI suite, they become a serious hazard – here’s how to prevent them from getting in. Nearly every job in the country is subject to certain health and safety ...

The cornerstone of a safe MRI workplace is repeated and updated MRI safety training and awareness. The number of MRI scanners is increasing, and scanners are also moving toward higher field strengths, ...

(Reuters Health) - There's good news for people with pacemakers and the doctors who treat them. A new study reinforces earlier work suggesting that MRI scans are safe for patients with older devices, ...

Patients who have pacemakers or defibrillators are often denied the opportunity to undergo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) because of safety concerns, unless the devices meet certain criteria ...

Baltimore, MD - The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has changed its mind and decided that Medicare should cover magnetic resonance imaging in beneficiaries with implanted pacemakers ...

Expecting mothers who undergo an MRI in their first trimester shouldn’t have much to worry about if it was a standard one, according to a recent study of more than 1.4 million women. But an MRI that ...

CHICAGO, IL — Patients with a conventional pacemaker or implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) who need a definitive diagnostic nonthoracic MRI scan—of their brain, lower spine, hip, or knee, for ...