Fainting or blacking out, also known as syncope, is a temporary loss of consciousness due to insufficient blood flow to the brain. Dreamstime/TNS You may have heard that people who feel faint should ...

Back in June, during one of those spells of hot sticky weather, I was just finishing a nice meal with coworkers in a restaurant when we were approached by an anxious waitress asking if we were doctors ...

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A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain may explain why healthy people faint. The pathway appears to carry signals from the heart's lower pumping chambers to an area of the brainstem ...

Fainting, medically known as syncope, is a condition that may need immediate medical attention. The causes of fainting may range from mild to severe conditions. Fainting is the temporary loss of ...

It used to be a common scene in old-time movies: somebody fainting at the site of blood. Well, researchers are now closing in on a possible cause. KFWB NEWS TALK 980 talks to Dr. Fred Jaeger, medical ...

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A personal history of passing out. A cardinal symptom of panic disorder is the sudden, inexplicable sense of an imminent loss of control. Panicky persons become afraid that if they do not leave ...

Fainting after an orgasm can be scary. In most cases, it is not the orgasm itself that causes a person to faint, but the circumstances surrounding it. Low blood sugar, intense sex, fatigue, and even ...