Unexpected medical crisis: A chiropractic neck adjustment caused artery tears and three strokes for Jaycie Conley, resulting in lasting disabilities. Rare but real risk: Bilateral vertebral artery ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. VAD can present with a range of imaging findings. We sought to summarize the diagnostic value of various ...

A retrospective study of stroke cases at two major academic medical centers, led by University of California, San Francisco neurologists, indicates that chiropractic manipulation of the neck can cause ...

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 ...

Antiplatelet or anticoagulant treatment performed equally well in preventing strokes in cervical artery dissection patients at 1 year, final results of the open-label CADISS clinical trial showed. The ...

We report a case of a middle-aged man who suffered a cerebral infarction resulting from dissection of a vertebral artery associated with morning blood pressure surge. A 56-year-old man was transferred ...

Ever cracked your own neck, or helped to crack somebody else's? Perhaps you've been to a chiropractor or osteopath, and they've manipulated your head suddenly to one side or another to leave you with ...