A smartphone video could detect a blocked blood vessel in your neck that could cause a stroke, a new study suggests. The American Heart Association says videos may provide a non-invasive way to ...

Various conditions can lead to carotid artery neck pain. For instance, some people experience carotidynia, which is inflammation of the blood vessels. Carotid artery dissection can also cause pain ...

Most joint manipulations aren’t dangerous, but one rare complication can result in serious injury. By Dana G. Smith Going to a chiropractor has become an accepted part of medical care, with ...

This is when an artery in your neck tears. When this happens, blood begins to leak into the wall of the torn blood vessel, between the thin layers that make up the blood vessel wall. As blood ...

They'll guide that tube, called a catheter, into the blood vessels in your neck that reach the brain. Then they'll inject a contrast dye into you, and X-rays will be taken that show all the blood ...

Blood vessels grown in the lab in just five days could quickly prevent the tissue damage that can occur after an accident ...

The term “cracking” when referring to neck cracking is the popping sound that occurs when quick motions loosen the joint and ligaments in the neck. Some chiropractors may crack the neck as a ...

It produces a cerebral angiogram, or an image that can help your doctor find blockages or other abnormalities in the blood vessels of your head and neck. Blockages or abnormalities can lead to a ...

and they can develop on other parts of the body like the neck, chest, or even the legs (known as spider veins), he adds. While broken blood vessels can pop up on anyone’s face, they “typically ...

People with plaque in the blood vessels of their neck have a higher amount of tiny plastic particles in those vessels compared to people with healthy arteries. This increase was significantly ...