James Whedon DC, MS, Professor & Director of Health Services Research, and colleagues were recently published in BMC Geriatrics, an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in all aspects of the health and healthcare of older people, including the effects of healthcare systems and policies. Their article, “Association between cervical artery dissection and spinal manipulative therapy –a medicare claims analysis,” evaluated the association between cervical spinal manipulation and cervical artery dissection in older Medicare beneficiaries, in the United States. Dr. Whedon answers several questions about cervical artery dissection, how common it is, who may be at risk, how to prevent it, and more.