Dizziness is classified in three categories—vertigo, syncope, and nonsyncope nonvertigo--each with symptoms related to the sense of balance. In general, syncope is defined by a brief loss of consciousness (fainting) or by dimmed vision and...

Many different terms are often used to describe what is collectively known as dizziness. Common descriptions include words such as lightheaded, floating, whoozy, giddy, confused, helpless or fuzzy. Vertigo, Disequilibrium and Pre-syncope are the terms...

JUDY JEANNIN, Staff Writer The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 12-14-1992 DIZZY? -- THE MANY CAUSES CAN LEAVE YOU SPINNING By JUDY JEANNIN, Staff Writer Date: 12-14-1992, Monday Section: LIFESTYLE Edition: All Editions -- 3 Star, 2 Star P, 2 Star B, 1 Star...

Walking along M Street in downtown Washington the other day, I spotted Dizzy Gillespie trying to cross the street against a red light. Every time the 74-year-old trumpet player would take a step, a horn would blow and he'd sort of be-bop out of...

After a rather pedestrian first round of games, the NCAA tournament got serious with a drama-filled Saturday in which every game was close, and bitterly contested. And by the end of today, the field of 65 will have been whittled down to 16. Top-seeded Kansas...

On Dec. 16, Page Six reported that Annabel Vartanian, a socialite, aspiring actress and daughter of Paul Vartanian, one of New York’s most prominent diamond dealers, had fainted at a party celebrating La Perla lingerie. On Sunday, Jan. 6, the flame-haired Ms. Vartanian, 28, joined...