This week's topics include stroke after cervical artery dissection, reducing clot formation in those with advanced cancer, USPSTF on breastfeeding, and a polygenic risk score for prostate cancer.

A parasitic worm may raise the risk of cervical cancer through several mechanisms, scientists have found, although HPV remains the primary driver behind the disease.

US hospitalizations related to cervical artery dissection (CeAD) increased more than fourfold between 2005 and 2019, suggested a new study that also showed vertebral artery dissection was ...

There is a five-fold increase in U.S. hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection over a 15-year period. Cervical artery dissection, a tear in an artery that supplies blood to the brain ...

Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says. Cervical artery dissection involves a small tear in the inner lining of an ...

For the study, researchers reviewed 15 years of U.S. health data to identify 125,102 people hospitalized for cervical artery dissection. Participants had an average age of 51, and just over half ...

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 ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection, a significant cause of stroke, have increased nearly five-fold in the U.S. over 15 years. The condition, often ...

A notable limitation of this work is that it did not focus on strokes due to vertebral artery dissections that run through the transverse foramina of the cervical vertebrae. More recently ...

Risk for stroke after cervical artery dissection was similar with an anticoagulation vs. antiplatelet treatment strategy. Switching to antiplatelet therapy after 30 days may lower major bleeding risk.

A, CTA showing the right vertebral artery as it travels between the superior ... such as bony osteophytes, cervical spondylosis, or VA entry outside the C6 transverse foramen, can influence vessel ...