Researchers from the University of New Mexico found that gadolinium – a toxic rare earth metal used in MRI scans – could mix with oxalic acid found in many foods to precipitate tiny nanoparticles of ...

It also forms in the body after people eat foods or supplements with vitamin C. Researchers therefore recommend avoiding ...

A young woman died from bone cancer after doctors initially misdiagnosed back pain caused by the disease as “probable ...

Calvin Sun was a healthy 37-year-old when a full-body MRI scan showed a cyst in his kidney. Sun saw a urologist who was ...

If someone is experiencing pain in their lower back, a doctor may recommend a lumbar MRI scan to help diagnose the source of the pain. A doctor may also order a lumbar MRI for an individual about ...

CAROLE Lawrie was horrified when her son’s leukaemia was missed -doctors brushed off his swollen eye as hay fever. “If I hadn ...

After the pain radiated to her hip, Kate was diagnosed with “probable sciatica” after visiting the A&E department of her ...

Kate Drummond, from Devon, was found to have a grapefruit-sized tumour in her pelvis after seeking an MRI scan privately, and ...

If a doctor recommends an MRI scan to confirm a diagnosis, certain parts of Medicare may cover all or part of the costs involved. Medicare considers MRI scans to be diagnostic nonlaboratory tests.

Scientists believe they may have found the reason why some patients get so sick from the contrast dye they're injected with before magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans. While researchers have ...

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When 'fit and healthy' Kate Drummond began experiencing back pain, doctors misdiagnosed her with sciatica, not realising that ...