A maniac barged into a Lower Manhattan courthouse and slashed two officers in the neck and face in a shocking attack Monday morning, law enforcement sources said.

Israel's air strikes on Iran are unlikely to cause a major disruption to oil supply, and market analysts believe a full-scale shutoff of oil flows by closing the Strait of Hormuz is unlikely ...

Neck fans are a hands-free way to keep you cool in warm weather. After testing five popular options, we found two we consider the best.

Magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) of the head and neck confirmed the presence of an eccentric thrombus with vessel wall irregularity and arterial narrowing proximal to the V4 segment, consistent ...

Bilateral common carotid artery occlusion (CCAO) is a rare vascular disease. In CCAO collateral circulation feeding the carotid arteries usually comes from the vertebrobasilar system. We report a ...

A small study found that fatty buildup in the blood vessels of the neck (carotid arteries) may contain 50 times or more micronanoplastics -- minuscule bits of plastic -- compared to arteries free ...

Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says.

A new study has found a sharp rise in U.S. hospitalizations for a condition called cervical artery dissection—a tear in a neck artery that can lead to stroke. Published in the journal Neurology ...

Approximately 20% of ischemic strokes involve the posterior circulation, primarily supplied by the vertebrobasilar system. While much is known about the stroke risk of vertebrobasilar stenotic disease ...

Medical experts are calling for the establishment of a detailed registry to track cases of vertebral artery dissections and other serious complications linked to neck adjustments.