NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The use of magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, may offer a more tolerable alternative to conventional colonoscopy in screening for colon cancer, new research suggests. With ...

The Long Island man killed in a freak MRI accident while wearing a massive, 20-pound chain was led into the machine room by a forgetful technician and wound up attached to the machine for an hour ...

The Long Island man killed in a freak MRI accident stood no chance against the machine’s magnetic field that pulled him in with enough force to “snap his neck,” according to an expert in the field. A ...

Homicide detectives are investigating after a man was violently sucked into an MRI machine by a metal chain around his neck, police in New York said. The horrific incident took place at a Magnetic ...

A 61-year-old man who was wearing a 20-pound chain used for weight training when he was sucked into an MRI scanner while attempting to help his wife off the machine last week has died, according to ...

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A man died last week after being pulled into an MRI machine by a “large metallic chain” police said he was wearing around his neck – highlighting the importance of checking for any metallic objects ...

A Long Island man who was sucked into an MRI machine by a neck chain he was wearing has died, Nassau County police said. Keith McAllister, 61, was wearing a 20-pound weight-training chain with a large ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

For years, colon cancer has been on the rise in younger people for unclear reasons. While cancer deaths in the U.S. are falling overall, a new report from the American Cancer Society highlights how ...

Sugary Drinks and Colon Cancer; Reflux Device to Exit Markets; Latino Liver Disease Preclinical research suggested the glucose-fructose blend in sugary drinks may increase the risk for colorectal ...

A study led by Japan's National Cancer Center has shown that there are many cases in which colon cancer spreading to the liver seemed to have disappeared in post-drug treatment imaging tests, but ...