A web-based system can help patients with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) diagnose and treat a recurrent bout of dizziness on their own, results of a randomized controlled trial show.

Vertigo might seem simple, but it is far more complicated than many think. Michelle DuPree Zumbro, physical therapist and one of the practice owners at Bodies in Balance Physical Therapy in Wilmington ...

LOS ANGELES It doesn't take much to throw Judith Uhl and Betty Austin's worlds off-balance. "If I am standing in front of the shelf and looking from top to bottom that could set me off," said Judith. ...

The emotional, functional and physical effects of vertigo on patients with vestibular migraine were shown to be more significant compared with the experiences of patients with benign paroxysmal ...

But two months ago, when the 50-year-old Phoenix man woke up one Saturday reeling from vertigo, he had no idea what to do. “I felt like I was drunk,” he said. “I couldn’t stand up. I kept falling over ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new device lets people treat a common cause of dizziness in the comfort of their own home, Canadian researchers say. So-called "benign paroxysmal positional vertigo" ...

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a type of vertigo caused by calcium crystals in the inner ear. These crystals are usually located in two parts of the ear called the utricle and saccule.

A patient in his mid-40s with a history of hypertension and noncompliance with medications presents to the emergency department with a 3-day history of constant vertigo that is worse with motion. He ...

Vertigo is the sudden sensation of losing balance, associated particularly with the feeling of looking down from a great height. It can also feel like you are spinning or the room around you is ...