MRI-based heart failure test could help frail patients avoid invasive catheterization

People with heart failure often need a test called right heart catheterization, where a tube is inserted into the heart to ...
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Should you really get a full body MRI scan?

Kim Kardashian recently called full body MRI scans “lifesaving,” but is that claim backed by science? In this video, we ...
Inverse

No, Full-Body Scans Aren’t Harmless — And Aren’t Even Usually Helpful

For an insubstantial fee, many private clinics in the UK offer full-body MRI scans to detect disease and abnormalities at the earliest stage. Kim Kardashian and Kate Hudson are fans. (Other celebrity ...
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On fast track: UA researchers get $2M to reduce length of MRI scans

University of Arizona researchers were awarded a $2.1 million federal grant to develop software for an MRI machine that can scan the body in 15 minutes, rather than one hour, possibly making the ...