Detectives say a 61-year-old man walked into an MRI room while a scan was in progress and was somehow drawn into the machine.

A New York man has died after being sucked into an MRI machine while wearing a necklace, critically injuring him. The 61-year-old died from his injuries on Thursday following the freak accident at Nassau County Open MRI in Westbury, New York, on Wednesday.

Note that some links may require registration or subscription. A New York man who entered an MRI room while a scan was taking place was pulled into the machine by his chain necklace and is now in critical condition. ( CBS News) An Oregon man caught the plague from his cat last year. ( Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)

A study suggests that a single brain MRI can be used to predict a person's rate of aging across their whole body, which researchers say could change how we predict and prevent chronic disease.

NIH researchers develop high-performance MRI scanner in effort to define microscopic brain structures: Bethesda, Maryland Friday, July 18, 2025, 11:00 Hrs [IST] A scientific team