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 ...

Spinning vertigo episodes are more than just a brief sensation of dizziness; they are a profound and often distressing condition that can profoundly impact an individual’s quality of life. This ...

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 ...

Nope, it's not just mild dizziness. Ever experience feeling dizzy and off balance, as if everything around you is spinning? If so, you’re not alone. Nearly 40% of Americans experience vertigo at least ...

Tiny tots think it’s great fun to whirl around until they lose balance and fall down. And if we’re honest, most of us have felt the room spin when we’ve gone to bed after too much booze. But when ...

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 ...

Why don't figure skaters get dizzy? It's a head-spinning question that's one of the most frequently googled about the sport, so we asked Olympic figure skaters, including Team USA's Karen Chen and ...

The Los Angeles real estate broker still vividly remembers the day her dizziness started. It came without warning. "I was in my office," recalls Anne Russell Sullivan. "I felt a pressure creep up the ...

Researchers studied videos of great apes spinning and found that the animals are deliberately getting dizzy; the team believes that the behavior may have implications for humankind’s occasional ...

University of Birmingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. Children love to spin. Whether it is by whirling around on their feet, whipping around on a tyre swing, or ...