Dr. Alan Micco, Neurotology at Northwestern Medicine, joins Lisa Dent to talk about Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). He details how people get it, who’s at risk, and what people ...

Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is a type of vertigo caused by calcium crystals in the inner ear. These crystals are usually located in two parts of the ear called the utricle and saccule.

What caused acute vertigo in two healthy women? That's the diagnostic challenge described by David Elisha, BS, of Tel Aviv University School of Medicine in Israel, and Ronen Nazarian, MD, of ...

FARGO -- A shampoo with a scalp massage at the hair salon does wonders for stress relief, but the feeling is quickly spoiled when the person sits up and the room starts spinning. This happened to me ...

That sudden spinning sensation isn’t random—experts say vertigo is a signal from your body that something deeper may be going ...

The clinical interplay between benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) and vitamin D deficiency has gained substantial attention in recent years. BPPV, characterised by brief, recurrent episodes ...

A novel video-goggle recording device that patients wore at home helped identify the etiology of acute vertigo episodes, a proof-of-concept study showed. With video oculography goggles, patients were ...

The most prevalent peripheral vestibular end-organ illness, benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) is characterized by a rapid, brief gyratory sensation accompanied by distinctive nystagmus.