Medicare covers MRI scans when a doctor deems them medically necessary for diagnosis. The Medicare part that covers an MRI will depend on a person’s hospital status. Most people in the United ...

The kidneys are responsible for keeping the creatinine level in the blood within a normal range. Medical professionals define the typical reference ranges for serum creatinine in micromoles per ...

Strength training can be one of the best treatments for chronic knee pain. Here’s how to do it safely. By Hilary Achauer Caitlin Berzok used to be scared of strength training. She occasionally ...

MRCP is a type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan. It uses strong magnetic fields and radio waves to produce an image of your internal organs. An MRCP test is done by a radiologist, usually at a ...

Sarah Blackburn's decision to get a full-body MRI revealed a life-threatening aneurysm, leading to a life-altering surgery Ashley Vega is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

Orthopedic surgeons perform almost 700,000 knee replacements in the United States each year ... Having both knees replaced at the same time enables patients to get back to their normal lives more ...

A 40-year study by Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) researchers has found that active young adults who underwent total knee replacement were unlikely to require knee replacement revision in ...

Running and the knee have a PR problem. Despite lots of research to the contrary, many people still presume a high-impact activity like running is bad news for your knees. Equally, it’s also ...

One of the worst feelings that can pop up in the middle of a run or race is a twinge of knee pain. And it’s a pretty common occurrence for runners: The knee is the most common area of injury for ...

Find out what it's like to undergo a Magnetic Resonance Imaging scan, commonly known as an MRI scan, from our short video. Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans are used to acquire detailed images of ...