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 ...

The ED evaluation of syncope necessitates obtaining a careful history to determine whether such causes as intoxication, sepsis, migraine, or seizure are likely. Physical examination will aid in ...

A heart doctor has issued a warning about an underlying heart problem that could make itself known in an unexpected moment. You'll often see fainting in shock as a trope in films and TV as a reaction ...

An older woman with no prior cardiac or neurologic history developed unexplained syncope shortly after initiating acamprosate. The comprehensive diagnostic workup was unremarkable. Acamprosate was ...

The syncope that most concerns healthcare professionals is cardiac syncope, blacking out due to an underlying heart disease such as a heart rhythm abnormality, or arrhythmia, he said. "This is usually ...

LONDON — You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can you tell whether you or someone else who has fainted should go to ...

You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can you tell whether you or someone else who has fainted should go to the ...