Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis can cause a thickening and hardening of the skin, heart and lungs—and cause painful contracting of the joints.

Chest pains, heart flutters ... create images -- so certain people cannot have an MRI, like those who wear a pacemaker or defibrillator. The contrast medium is not iodine-based, so there are ...

Bayer is on the brink of filing a new MRI contrast agent for approval that can reduce levels of gadolinium, a rare earth metal that can have health and environmental consequences. The company has ...