Dizziness

SAN DIEGO — In a small cohort of adults with headache, the most common prodromal symptoms were light and sound sensitivity, fatigue and neck pain, according to research presented at the American Headache Society Annual Scientific Meeting.

ATLANTA — Telehealth visits with CV care teams initiated when patients with prior ACS experienced concerning symptoms reduced unnecessary readmissions, guided them when seeking emergency care and reduced CV events, a speaker reported.

A novel smartphone app was shown to diagnose vestibular stroke symptoms via tracked eye movements in healthy volunteers with an accuracy similar to current clinical standard devices, researchers reported.

Timely physical therapy was associated with a significant reduction in the risk for falls in patients presenting with dizziness, a recent study found.

An 83-year-old woman presents to the office for evaluation of dizziness.

I like to say that my interest in dizziness started in a trash can.

Dizziness is a common complaint after brain injury. When doctors hear, “I feel dizzy,” there is an immediate assumption of a vestibular system problem.

Orthostatic hypotension — which can cause dizziness when standing — may indicate an increased risk for developing dementia, according to research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

The FDA has granted marketing authorization for the first time for a video game that can improve the attention span in children with ADHD.

The FDA has designated Medtronic’s recall of two parts of a ventricular assist device system as a class 1 recall, the most serious kind.