Quote; Their findings reveal a unique biological mechanism for maintaining fluid pressure and composition and may inform the study and treatment of disorders involving defects in inner ear pressure such as Meniere’s disease, a condition marked by vertigo, hearing loss and ringing in the ears. The results could also help researchers study pressure control in […]
Prof Dr Margie Sharpe
The Bárány Society
The Bárány Society is an international interdisciplinary society founded in 1960 and facilitates contacts between basic scientists and clinicians engaged in vestibular research and stimulates otoneurological education and research. The Bárány Society initiates worldwide evidence-based consensus and standardisation regarding the definition of syndromes, diseases, diagnostic procedures and treatment by means of its standardisation committees and […]
A Deaf Ear is Not a Dead Ear: Looking Inside the Cochlea With Prof. Helge Rask-Andersen
Prof. Rask-Andersen is a specialist in ENT & Audiology, an anatomist, and electron microscopist, and he is a senior Professor in experimental Otology at the Uppsala University and the Academic Hospital in Uppsala, Sweden. He currently runs the Research Department at the Academic Hospital. In this article, Prof. Rask-Andersen explains the intricate functions of the cochlea and […]
Confused by concussion; the research still needs to be done.
. Dr Margie Sharpe has been saying for a number of years, research is needed to look at the effects of mild traumatic head injuries and the connections to dementia later in life. She has said, . “If only we could talk to the brains of our patients with movement disorders caused by disease (e.g. Stroke, Parkinson’s disease) […]
mdDS people out and about – meet Polly Moyer
This photo was taken at the Cambridge Rare Diseases Network Summit in October. Second from the right is Polly Moyer, one of the co-founders/co-facilitators of Action for MdDS UK. Their website: actionformdds.org.uk/ Polly helps to facilitate the UK Facebook group. She is pictured here with Steph (her co-founder/facilitator), Professor Floris Wuyts (second from left) and Darius […]
Mal de Débarquement Syndrome | Pregnancy Survey
You are invited to participate in a research study being conducted by Dr. Cherylea Browne, Lecturer in Human Anatomy, School of Science & Health and Ms. Viviana Mucci, Doctoral Student, Antwerp University Research Centre for Equilibrium and Aerospace (AUREA) & Laboratory of BioMedical Physics (BIMEF), University of Antwerp. This research aims to contribute to the […]