SAN FRANCISCO-- Action star Chuck Norris took on medical device manufacturers in a lawsuit filed in California on Wednesday alleging a chemical used in MRI imaging scans poisoned his wife. Gadolinium ...

You are at the healthcare provider’s office, and they tell you that you need an MRI scan with contrast dye.

Chuck Norris' death on 20 March 2026 has resurfaced his 2017 lawsuit, in which he and his wife, Gena O'Kelley, alleged that ...

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has concluded its review of gadolinium contrast agents, confirming earlier recommendations to restrict the use of some linear gadolinium agents used in MRI and ...

Marignac first isolated gadolinia, an oxide of gadolinium (Gd), in 1880. Then, in 1886, Lecoq de Boisbaudran successfully separated the element from Mosander’s “yttria.” Gadolinium is present in ...

Investigators have determined that in children receiving gadolinium as a contrast agent to enhance MRI examinations, signal changes attributed solely to deposition of this material in the brain are ...

Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) used in MRI and angiography contain a chelated form of the toxic heavy metal that was assumed to clear the body shortly after intravenous administration. [1] ...

There is no evidence that accumulation in the brain of the element gadolinium speeds cognitive decline, according to a new study. There is no evidence that accumulation in the brain of the element ...

Dublin, April 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Gadolinium (CAS 7440-54-2) Industry Research 2025: Global and Regional Market Trends 2019-2024 and Forecast to 2029" report has been added to ...