New recommendations provide guidance to healthcare providers to aid in diagnostic planning and increase implementation of therapeutic positioning maneuvers for patients with benign paroxysmal ...

People who suffer from persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD) experience unsteadiness, non-spinning vertigo and dizziness. These symptoms are exacerbated by movement, upright posture, and ...

While dizziness is a part of migraine for many, perhaps you have suspicions of additional causes of this symptom, such as benign paroxysmal positional vertigo. Learn about the cause of BPPV, how it’s ...

My motto as an adult has always been, ‘Life will be what it is, and I'll adapt’ Mac McPherson patient “Years ago, when I got vertigo, the room was spinning,” says Mac McPherson. “But the vertigo that ...

A common type of dizziness can be treated with a simple head maneuver. By Richard Klasco, M.D. Q. Please explain positional vertigo. Two of my siblings have woken up in the morning with it. What do ...

The American Academy of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery foundation has released a clinical practice guideline for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV). The revised guideline, an update ...

Dizziness is a very subjective symptom, meaning that everyone’s interpretation of dizziness is slightly different and therefore, it is quite difficult to assess each patient’s concerns with accuracy.

A: Chances are the answer is “neither.” What you are describing sounds like benign paroxysmal positional vertigo — although when it strikes, it hardly feels benign. In addition to dizziness that can ...

Feeling faint, light-headed, or as if the room you’re in is spinning? As many as 30 percent of people older than 60 experience dizziness at some point, about 50 percent after age 85. This unpleasant ...

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 ...

Chronic subjective dizziness is a balance disorder common in young adults. Symptoms last for hours at a time and persist for months or years. Treatments include medication and therapy. Chronic ...