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4. Inner Ear Dysfunction Puts Older Adults at Risk of Falls - US News and World Report
After 40, dizziness makes them 12 times more likely to suffer serious injury, study finds
5. Dizziness
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Dizziness is light-headedness, feeling like you might faint, being unsteady, loss of balance, or vertigo (a feeling that you or the room is spinning or moving. Most causes of dizziness are not serious and either quickly get better on their own or ar... Reviewer: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
6. Dizziness
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Dizziness is classified into three categories—vertigo, syncope, and nonsyncope nonvertigo. Each category has a characteristic set of symptoms, all related to the sense of balance. In general, syncope is defined by a brief loss of consciousness... Author: Mai Tran, Teresa G. Odle Expand your search to include all of U.S. News
7. Dizziness -- The Cleveland Clinic
Since mechanisms for maintaining balance are so complex, finding the exact cause of dizziness is often difficult and requires input from several medical specialties. Dizziness changes your sense of balance and can increase your risk of falling. http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1400/1492.asp?index=6422
8. Dizziness -- Information from Healthwise
The loss of balance it causes puts you at risk for falling and can also affect your quality of life if your fear of falling leads to a less active lifestyle. The loss of balance it causes puts you at risk for falling and can also affect your... http://www.everettclinic.com/kbase/as/ug1172/actionset.htm
9. Vertigo -- Information from the Merck Manual
Vertigo, a type of dizziness, resembles the feeling produced by the childhood game of spinning round and round, then suddenly stopping and watching the surroundings spin around. Most cases of dizziness are not vertigo. http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec06/ch080/ch080b.html#sec06-ch080-ch080b-265 |
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