In patients with cervical dissection, there was no difference in rates of stroke, residual stenosis, or occlusion at 1 year in those treated with anticoagulants and those treated with antiplatelet ...

Compared with patients with migraine and other transient neurological events, those with an ischemic stroke have almost double the risk for myocardial infarction (MI) within a year, while those with ...

(HealthDay News) — Evidence suggests there may be an association between cervical manipulative therapy and cervical artery dissections (CDs), according to an American Heart Association/ American ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - - Blood vessel tears that lead to strokes may be associated with – but not necessarily caused by – treatments involving neck manipulations, researchers say. The blood ...

The role of imaging in the surveillance of patients with node-positive advanced-stage head and neck cancer is unclear, and whether patients should undergo a planned neck dissection following primary ...

A quick rotation of the neck is often perceived as harmless. However, it can lead to a stroke if caution is not exercised.

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold ...

Recently, a large randomized trial found a survival advantage among patients who received elective neck dissection in conjunction with primary surgery for clinically node-negative oral cavity cancer ...

A neck dissection is surgery to remove all or some of the lymph nodes and surrounding tissue from the neck. Lymph nodes are small, round or bean-shaped glands. They remove germs from your body, help ...

Chiropractic care is one of the most popular yet hotly contested forms of medicine out there. Countless people say the practice, which involves adjusting the spine and neck into various positions, has ...