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Can a Medical Device Restore Your Balance?
Nearly two million people worldwide have lost the simple ability to feel steady. Now researchers have developed an ...
Elisa C. Alvarado, M.D, notes how advances in diagnostics and medicine now offer more targeted relief, and lifestyle ...
Do you often feel dizzy or nauseous while travelling? A doctor explains the causes of motion sickness and shares ...
More than 2,000 years ago, the physician Hippocrates wrote "sailing on the sea proves that motion disorders the body".
Stenger, who uses a wheelchair, has a disorder that causes a complete lack of sensation anywhere on her body. After doing leg ...
While inconvenient, motion sickness may also have some evolutionary advantages. It’s thought species prone to motion sickness ...
Whether you’re in a ship, car, plane, or riding a rollercoaster, motion sickness can make you vomit, sweat and become pale ...
If you are dizzy, it may be because you have an inner ear (or vestibular) disorder. Physical therapists specialize in a type of therapy called vestibular rehabilitation where they work to improve the ...
Bobbi Conner talks with MUSC's Dr. Kenneth Miller about improving balance and strength in the older adult years.
Infection or inflammation of your inner ear A variety of conditions impacting your inner ear—and in turn, your vestibular system—can leave you feeling seriously off-kilter, Dr. Piker says.