Have you ever stood up too quickly and felt the world tilt, or turned your head only to find the room spinning? Many people dismiss dizziness as something trivial. Yet for Mercy Karanja, the Principal ...

The new nanoprobe is decorated with a peptide (yellow) that lets it sneak past the body’s natural defenses and into the inner ear. Credit: Huan Wang Doctors often struggle to get clear images of the ...

Optical coherence tomography (OCT), a tool routinely used to diagnose and plan treatment for eye diseases, has now been modified to collect images of the inner ear. A proof-of-concept study led by ...

You probably think balance comes from your legs, core, or inner ear, but your eyes might be the most important factor in staying upright and stable. Vision provides up to 80% of the sensory ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva attends a joint press conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping (not pictured) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.

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Imagine this perfect storm: your significant other forgets to shut the dishwasher, and later that night, you go to the dark kitchen for a drink of water. Your ankle strikes the lowered dishwasher door ...

Vestibular system anatomy and inner ear medical structure outline diagram. Labeled educational scheme with human balance and sensory parts vector illustration. Cochlea nerve and hair cells location.

Vertigo is the sensation that a person’s surroundings are spinning or moving. It has many potential causes, including inner ear or nervous system disorders. Ear infections, migraine, Ménière’s disease ...

What’s worse than getting hand sanitizer in a paper cut? OK. A lot of things. But an insatiably itchy inner ear might take the cake for minor but maddening bodily inconveniences. The unreachable ...