Time, surgery appear to reduce episodes of dizziness in patients with Meniere's disease
Tuesday, November 18, 2008 - 14:56
in Health & Medicine
Episodes of dizziness tend to become less frequent over time in patients with Meniere's disease, a condition characterised by vertigo, hearing loss and ringing in the ears, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. A second report finds that a surgical procedure to drain fluid from the inner ear appears to reduce vertigo in three-fourths of patients with the condition...