The carotid arteries branch off from the aorta (the largest artery in the body) a short distance from the heart, and extend upward through the neck carrying oxygen-rich blood to the brain. There are ...

Earlier this year, Danielle Belardo, MD, a preventive cardiologist at Precision Preventive Cardiology in Los Angeles, was ...

Your doctor will inject contrast (x-ray dye) into the guiding catheter to allow him to see the arteries in your neck and brain. Your face and neck may feel warm or flushed when this happens, but this ...

Chiropractic neck manipulation, though widely practiced, carries rare but severe risks like arterial damage leading to ...

A 20-year-old woman in Thailand died after receiving three massages, two of which were neck massages, at a parlour in Udon Thani province, northeast Thailand. Chayada Prao-hom, a promising young ...