Sacramento Health & Fitness Blog

Presenting the latest research on health issues and fitness trends in the region and the nation.

A study released today in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, reports that people with osteoporosis (low bone density)  are three times more likely than the general population to get vertigo, the inner-ear balance condition.

The study size, however, was small -- 209 subjects.

But researchers speculate that people with vertigo may have a problem with calcium metabolism.

Read the study here.

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