Levels of iron in the brain could be a warning sign of future Alzheimer’s disease, a new study suggests. High levels of the chemical element have been shown to increase brain toxins and trigger ...

When news broke that U.S. president Donald Trump underwent an MRI, rumors began to fly. Medical experts have weighed in, too, ...

MRI scans are among the latest imaging technologies in contemporary medicine. They're commonly used to identify a variety of conditions, ranging from brain tumors to spinal problems. But are they safe ...

In a discovery that could reshape how we view and understand the human brain, researchers have successfully passed a laser beam through an entire human head. While it may sound like science fiction, ...

One patient summed it up this way: Having a traditional MRI was like being jammed into a garden hose for 40 minutes. An MRI scan can be traumatic for people who are large or for people who are ...

For almost three decades, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has been one of the main tools in brain research. Yet a new study published in Nature Neuroscience fundamentally challenges the ...