DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My wife, who has chronic neck pain, was told not to have an MRI because of a metal pin that was placed in her ear many years ago. Can you explain why she cannot take this test and ...

The neurologist claims that since he moved to Miami, he encounters a patient a day who cannot get an MRI because they have a ...

NEW YORK — Medtronic said Monday that it was cleared to market a heart defibrillator implant that can be safely used in an MRI scanner. Medtronic’s Evera SureScan is designated “MR conditional,” which ...

The US Drug Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group, is urging patients who received a metal-on-metal hip implant to receive an MRI to ensure the implant has not started to fail, according to a Reuters ...

Inaccurate patient information and outdated vendor manuals can lead to safety risks for patients with active, implanted medical devices during MRIs, according to a study published Oct. 3 in Current ...

This guide to MRI for kids helps parents and caregivers understand what to expect during a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) ...

My mom is having an MRI of her neck done tomorrow, this was ordered by her surgeon. She had a neck surgery about a year ago to replace one vertebrae in her neck and stabilize it all (as a consequence ...

Well, beat me to death with a bottom of brown thread. The lounge was right! Doc's said it was fine, she went in yesterday and had it. No idea about the results yet but she didn't have metal flying out ...

More than 60 million magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans are performed worldwide each year, but imaging for the millions of patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) such as ...