Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dizziness, or vertigo, is a surprisingly common problem that can throw our lives off balance as we get older. This sensation of ...

The most common cause of intermittent dizziness has a long name: benign paroxysmal positional vertigo, or BPPV. Recent statistics show that about 10 percent of people older than 65 who are having ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I have a terrible case of vertigo. I'm not sure what causes it or what I can do to prevent it from happening to me again. I was given two medications, promethazine for nausea and ...

Vertigo is caused by a disturbance of the vestibulocochlear nerve, which is responsible for hearing and balance. [iStockphoto] Have you ever felt like the world around you is spinning, tilting and ...

Dizziness affects one in three older adults in the UK. These are the conditions that might be tipping your world off kilter. BPPV Manjaly explains, “BPPV happens when crystal debris becomes dislodged ...

Dizziness can result from many conditions: low blood pressure, migraines, ear infections, and Meniere's disease, in which fluid buildup in the inner ear triggers a false sense of motion. But the ...

More than five million people in the U.S. head to the doctor each year complaining about dizziness. Now the American Academy of Otolaryngology is updating recommendations on how to diagnose and treat ...

Many of us have experienced a little dizziness when we stand up quickly. For some folks, this feeling is much more profound, like the room is spinning, and comes along with a host of other unsettling ...

It's fair to say 2020 has had some kind of impact on everyone. For late night host Stephen Colbert, the year has led to serious balance problems. "I go to stand up, and then I just fall down," Colbert ...

Each Tuesday, Doctor Rob Riley joins us on NewsCenter 16 at Noon to answer our viewers' medical questions. Here are the questions he addressed on November 28. ”There HAS to be a decongestant medicine ...