Fainting or blacking out, also known as syncope, is a temporary loss of consciousness due to insufficient blood flow to the brain. Elijah Behr, M.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London ...

If you’ve ever questioned whether it’s safe to drive after fainting, a new study may put you at ease. A study from the University of British Columbia’s faculty of medicine has found people who have ...

Barcelona, Spain, 31 August: A new definition of syncope – most commonly perceived as an episode of fainting – makes its diagnosis more precise and now dependent on a specific cause. New 2009 ESC ...

Establishing the cause or causes of syncope serves two principal purposes. First, an etiologic diagnosis permits assessment of prognosis and risk of recurrence, both issues of great concern for ...

Syncope is a common condition. Tilt testing with sublingual nitroglycerin (TT-TNT) provides a test with good specificity and positivity rate in young and old patients. Its use in hypertensive patients ...

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 ...

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 ...