In recent years the world’s supply of helium has raised heightened concerns, and some suppliers recently started to ration the nonrenewable element. 

While FIF is an extremely rare condition—occurring in about one in 500,000 births—it is even more rare in triplet pregnancies.

The adult brain may be more malleable than scientists previously thought, according to new research presented at the 35th European College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

A California hospital is not liable for negligence or elder abuse, both of which were civilly charged by a man who sustained second-degree burns while undergoing an MRI scan.

Children are at heightened risk of major clinical depression when at least one parent has a history of the disorder. New research shows depression markers appearing on structural and functional brain MRI ahead of symptoms in these “familial risk” offspring from infancy through early adulthood.

On MRI and PET brain scans, women who were exposed to a small dose of nicotine showed altered activity in the thalamus region of the brain.

Prior studies have focused on radiologist performance rather than patient outcomes, leaving the topic of variable diagnoses and what factors impact them—race, ethnicity, age, biopsy type, etc.—open for debate. 

“Here we show that that the opportunities that a child has in early life to learn and grow will impact not just their behavior but their actual brain development and brain structure for years to come,” authors of the new research shared.