It might sound unusual, but it is true: some children can faint while grooming their hair. It is a peculiar condition known as hair grooming syncope. Pediatrician Cindy Gellner, MD, delves into how ...

CBS Los Angeles viewers witnessed a scary moment over the weekend when KCAL News meteorologist Alissa Carlson fainted live on air Saturday, just as she was about to deliver a weather forecast. Now ...

Vasovagal syncope is the most common type of fainting, a temporary loss of consciousness. It's a condition that happens when your blood pressure and heart rate suddenly drop, delivering less oxygen to ...

Adults aged 40 years or older presenting to the emergency department (ED) with presyncope (near-fainting) or syncope (fainting) had similar rates of 30-day serious cardiac outcomes (5.2% vs 4.7%), ...

Dr. William J. Lu-Culligan (Medicine): A 41-year-old man was evaluated at this hospital because of swelling in both ankles and episodes of syncope. The patient had been in his usual state of health ...

Also known as the "common faint," vasovagal syncope (pronounced vay-zoh-Vay-gul Sing-kuh-pee) results from an abnormal circulatory reflex and could be caused by a number of factors: Environment: The ...

The case description for a Case Records of the Massachusetts General Hospital appears below. A 41-year-old man was evaluated for swelling in the ankles and syncope. CT of the chest showed bilateral ...