http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A report in one of the last issue of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics addresses the physical and psychological triggers for attacks in Meniere's disease. Ménière's disease (MD) is a debilitating disease of the inner ear for which the main symptoms comprise vertigo, hearing loss, tinnitus and a sense of fullness or pressure in the ear. Residual and movement-provoked dizziness may also occur between major attacks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-triggers-chronic-dizziness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:50:01 EST news284204145 Loyola University Medical Center is studying whether a new form of non-invasive magnetic therapy can help people who suffer debilitating tinnitus (ringing in the ears). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-magnetic-therapy-effective-tinnitus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:51:03 EST news267209457 An innovative multi-modal treatment programme for tinnitus will be trialled by researchers from the Centre for Brain Research at The University of Auckland, in a study made possible by a donation from Link Research and Grants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-aims-auditory-tinnitus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 09:08:36 EST news267178009 GPs are not always using the most comprehensive and reliable online resources to support them in treating patients with the debilitating hearing condition tinnitus, researchers have found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-gps-unreliable-websites-tinnitus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:47:14 EST news266672823 Antioxidants, dietary supplements and high-tech brain imaging are among some of the novel strategies that may help detect, treat and even prevent noise-induced hearing loss and tinnitus among American troops, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-strategies-noise-induced-loss-tinnitus-soldiers.html Health Thu, 06 Sep 2012 12:01:58 EST news266151709 UT Dallas researchers recently demonstrated how nerve stimulation paired with specific experiences, such as movements or sounds, can reorganize the brain. This technology could lead to new treatments for stroke, tinnitus, autism and other disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-brain-tinnitus-treatments.html Neuroscience Thu, 19 Jul 2012 11:02:31 EST news261914544 (Medical Xpress) -- UT Dallas researchers recently demonstrated how nerve stimulation paired with specific experiences, such as movements or sounds, can reorganize the brain. This technology could lead to new treatments for stroke, tinnitus, autism and other disorders. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-nerve-brain.html Neuroscience Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:11:07 EST news261907861 According to new research, a multidisciplinary approach to treating tinnitus that combines cognitive behaviour therapy with sound-based tinnitus retraining therapy is significantly more effective than currently available treatments at reducing symptoms of this common debilitating disorder and improving quality of life. The findings published in this week's Lancet show that the new specialised care programme is beneficial in both mild and severe tinnitus, suggesting it could be implemented widely. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-compelling-evidence-effective-treatment-tinnitus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 24 May 2012 18:30:01 EST news257094256 Researchers in the University of Leicester's Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology have identified a cellular mechanism that could underlie the development of tinnitus following exposure to loud noises. The discovery could lead to novel tinnitus treatments, and investigations into potential drugs to prevent tinnitus are currently underway. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-key-cellular-mechanisms-onset-tinnitus.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 10 May 2012 10:31:12 EST news255864662 For the more than 36 million people plagued by tinnitus, insomnia can have a negative effect on the condition, worsening the functional and emotional toll of chronic ringing, buzzing, hissing or clicking in the head and ears, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-insomnia-toll-tinnitus-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:57:50 EST news254023059 A new clinical trial is to test whether a pocket-sized device that uses sound simulation to reboot faulty 'wiring' in the brain could cure people with the debilitating hearing disorder tinnitus. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-tinnitus-treatment.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:41:47 EST news251458893 Those suffering from nagging tinnitus can benefit from internet-based therapy just as much as patients who take part in group therapy sessions. These are the findings of a German-Swedish study in which patients with moderate to severe tinnitus tried out various forms of therapy over a ten-week period. The outcome of both the internet-based therapy and group therapy sessions was significantly better than that of a control group that only participated in an online discussion forum and thus demonstrated both the former to be effective methods of managing the symptoms of irritating ringing in the ears. The study was conducted by the Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy division of the Institute of Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) and the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Learning at Linköping University in Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-internet-based-therapy-relieves-persistent-tinnitus.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 07 Mar 2012 09:40:39 EST news250335632 Many adolescents frequently expose their ears to loud sounds, for example from portable music players. Some of them may think that 'the doctor said that my hearing is good, so I guess I can handle the loud volume'. A new doctoral thesis from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that research-based teaching in school can be used to positively change adolescents' awareness and behaviour. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-young-people-ears.html Health Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:40:48 EST news250188023 We all know that it can take a little while for our hearing to bounce back after listening to our iPods too loud or attending a raucous concert. But new research at the University of Michigan Health System suggests over-exposure to noise can actually cause more lasting changes to our auditory circuitry – changes that may lead to tinnitus, commonly known as ringing in the ears. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-evidence-touch-sensing-nerve-cells-fuel.html Neuroscience Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:22:18 EST news247314124 Neuroscientists at the University of California, Berkeley, are offering hope to the 10 percent of the population who suffer from tinnitus – a constant, often high-pitched ringing or buzzing in the ears that can be annoying and even maddening, and has no cure. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-tinnitus-discovery-ways.html Medical research Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:02:18 EST news235062078 In a breakthrough that may aid treatment of learning impairments, strokes, tinnitus and chronic pain, UT Dallas researchers have found that brain nerve stimulation accelerates learning in laboratory tests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-temporary-brain.html Neuroscience Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:38:08 EST news221931439