Treating vertigo

Videos posted on YouTube might come to the rescue of people suffering from vertigo, a study shows. Vertigo is the sensation everything around you is moving or spinning, though you're stationary. The study looked at benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), an inner ear disorder and cause of dizziness. It often goes untreated, though it's easily remedied with a simple technique called the Epley maneuver. U.S. researchers found accurate video demonstrations of the maneuver are available on YouTube.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday’s Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann’s guilty plea in court.  Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas, File Footage; News12; Photo Credit: James Carbone; John Roca; Handout

'The thing that really struck me was the duality of it' Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday's Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann's guilty plea in court.

Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday’s Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann’s guilty plea in court.  Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas, File Footage; News12; Photo Credit: James Carbone; John Roca; Handout

'The thing that really struck me was the duality of it' Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney sat down with Newsday's Doug Geed following Rex A. Heuermann's guilty plea in court.

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