Science news articles about 'balance problems'

(PhysOrg.com) -- Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.

Your grandmother might have little in common with an astronaut, but both could benefit from a new device an MIT graduate student is designing to test balancing ability.

... School of Health Professions, and her colleagues, have found that a simple course of physical treatment for balance problems can also resolve anxiety issues in children. Her work offers new hope for ...

Millions of people may suffer from inner-ear disorders that affect their balance but not be aware that they have a problem, a new study has found.

... include uncontrolled movements, mood swings, cognitive decline, balance problems, and eventually losing the ability to walk, talk or swallow. It affects five to 10 people in every ...

A compound in red wine may slow some of the ravages of aging, reducing bone loss, the formation of cataracts and balance problems, and improving liver and muscle function, new research suggests.

... she has most of the neurological symptoms you are familiar with," Zoghbi said. "There are movement problems, balance problems, tremor, seizures, autism, learning and memory problems, anxiety and even ...

... Nature, suggest a potential gene target for the treatment of people suffering from common hearing and balance problems related to cilia disorders. "People have known for a long time about the ...

... or become impaired, causing such classic Parkinson's symptoms as tremors, slowed movement, and balance problems. Because the cells reside in the patients' brains, researchers cannot easily access ...

... out who had vestibular dysfunction, its early signs and symptoms, and who did not. And the chance of having a balance problem, survey results showed, increases with age and diabetes. Eighty-five ...

... School of Medicine. Dizziness is a common medical problem, Newman-Toker says, responsible for 2.6 ... complaints are caused by benign inner-ear balance problems, about 4 percent are signals of stroke ...

... on one side of the body, generalized slowness of movement, stiffness of limbs, and gait or balance problems. The cause of Parkinson's disease is unknown. Both environmental and genetic causes of the ...