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 ...

Pregnant women who experienced episodes of syncope -- or fainting -- had higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes, as well as postpartum cardiovascular events, researchers found. Women who ...

A 2-hour period of electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring appears to be sufficient for low-risk patients who present to the emergency department (ED) with syncope, a study published online January 21 in ...

First the girl started gagging and turned pale. Then her lips turned blue. Her pupils grew larger and she began to pass out. Alicia Phillips of Clinton, Tennessee, had been curling her 10-year-old ...

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 ...

Patients with recurrent fainting episodes (syncope) who received a pacemaker delivering a pacing program designed to detect and stop the abnormal heart rhythms that precede syncope had a seven-fold ...

A Sioux City woman in her 60s was playing golf in Phoenix on a 60-degree winter day when she suddenly collapsed to the ground. The woman went to see a local doctor who told her she passed out because ...

Over one million Americans faint every year, and countless more do worldwide. Fear, pain, the sight of blood or prolonged standing – think the long lines of summer travel – can trigger fainting. These ...