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 ...

Fainting may seem like a movie cliché to add drama to a scene, but doctors say it can happen to anyone in real life — including healthy people. Syncope, the medical term for passing out, happens when ...

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 ...

Fainting (known medically as syncope) is a sudden loss of consciousness and collapse due to temporary lack of blood flow to the brain. Fainting is always an emergency, but the most common conditions ...

On July 7, 2019, Facebook user Alicia Brown Phillips brought attention to a fainting disorder known as "hair-grooming syncope" when she shared a message concerning a scary ordeal that reportedly ...

Picture this: you’re standing in line at the grocery store when suddenly you feel dizzy, nauseous, and before you know it, you’re waking up on the floor with concerned strangers hovering over you. If ...

Q: Do older people faint more than younger people? A: Yes. When you pass 70 years, you double the chances of fainting. And the odds triple after 80. Fainting is common. About one in three people faint ...

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Fainting spells especially early in the pregnancy could indicate health problems for the mother and baby later says a new study. Earlier short spells of black outs or syncope were considered to be ...

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 ...