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Maybe you’ve experienced this – you get up from lying down and feel like you’re going to fall over.  Or maybe, at some point, you’ve felt like the room is spinning.  If so, you’ve had either dizziness or vertigo.  It can be uncomfortable or it can be a sign of something more serious.  In this... 
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