Ménière's Disease: New Insight Into Rare Inner Ear Condition
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 19:20
in Health & Medicine
Ménière's Disease is a rare condition affecting the inner ear. It can cause tinnitus, hearing loss, vertigo attacks and a feeling of pressure deep within the ear and is a long term but non-fatal illness, making it low profile in scientific community. But 160,000 sufferers in the UK are getting some help from the University of Exeter Medical School, which has been able to suggest what goes wrong in the body when people develop the disease, and provide an insight into factors that lead to its development. read more