An advantage of whole-body MRIs over CTs is that they use magnets and radio waves, which eliminate the type of radiation linked to cancer. But that doesn’t mean they’re risk-free or the right choice ...

Full-body MRIs are all the rage. We take a look at three major companies offering such testing.

Researchers from 22 European countries have set up PARENCHIMA, a network that will boost the use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) biomarkers in efficiently managing chronic kidney disease. Chronic ...

Preoperative MRI, specifically 9-b-value DWI and T1-mapping, helps predict if a patient will develop stage 3 CKD after partial or radical nephrectomy for kidney cancer. Preoperative multiparametric ...

The fancy full-body scan that has become the new medical trend amongst celebrities may have saved Dwyane Wade's life. The 43-year-old Basketball Hall of Famer revealed in January that he had surgery ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." I’ve always believed in being proactive about my health, but like most people, I usually only see a ...

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 cautiously optimistic that it wasn’t cancerous and offered him a surgery ...

Credit - Photo-Illustration by Chloe Dowling for TIME (Source Images: Lu ShaoJi—Getty Images, cscredon/Getty Images via Canva.com) Calvin Sun was a healthy 37-year-old when a full-body MRI scan showed ...