Warmest greetings from the BC Balance and Dizziness Disorders Society – we hope that you are finding balance in 2019 and we would like to share some important changes for the New Year. As the Society works to fulfill the goal of supporting, educating and inspiring those affected by balance and … [Read more...]
Health Canada Approves PoNS™ Device
Portable Neuromodulation Stimulator (PoNS™) Will Now be Available in Canada! "The PoNS™ is an investigational, non-invasive, wearable medical device designed to deliver neurostimulation through the tongue. Clinical research has shown that electrical stimulation of the tongue activates … [Read more...]
Global News BC: More Experts in Dizziness Needed
"A BC woman who suffers from chronic dizziness says there is a shortage of doctors who can diagnose what is a relatively common condition," Linda Aylesworth reported. In this news item, Emilia Gordon, a dizziness sufferer, and Erica Zaia, audiologist and VP of the BC Balance and Dizziness Board of … [Read more...]
Balance Awareness Week Contest Winner
During Balance Awareness Week (BAW) employees at Lifemark Sport Medicine Olympic Oval in Richmond, BC, participated in a balance challenge orchestrated by Abeed Hirji, Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapist and BC Balance & Dizziness professional member. The purpose of this challenge was to help … [Read more...]
Why Did BC Balance and Dizziness Move Their Website to a New Hosting Company?
Oh, the stress of it all! On Friday evening, May 4, 2018, the BC Balance and Dizziness website started acting strangely. The first sign was an "Error 500: Internal Server Error" message that kept bringing down the website, making it inaccessible every few minutes. As the Webmaster for BC … [Read more...]
BC Balance and Dizziness Wants Your Story
Every vestibular disorder sufferer has a story! Medical practitioners have told us they've "heard them all," but we think your story is important, to you, to us, and to people who have no idea what it's like to suffer from a balance or dizziness disorder. We think your story could help educate the … [Read more...]
BC Balance and Dizziness Looks Forward
We Welcome The Status Bureau to Our Team! While no one on the Board and none of our volunteers at BC Balance and Dizziness are marketing experts, we do seem to have the luck of the Irish! Because in February of 2018, our dear administrative assistant asked her nephew, Darren, to give us some … [Read more...]
