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 ...

Fainting, medically known as syncope, is a condition that may need immediate medical attention. The causes of fainting may range from mild to severe conditions. Fainting is the temporary loss of ...

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. In vasovagal ...

During an upright tilt, a person's cardiovascular system has to adjust in order to prevent a significant portion of the blood volume from pooling in the legs. These adjustments consist of a mild ...

LONDON, England (CNN)-- French President Nicolas Sarkozy's collapse while jogging and subsequent hospitalization prompted speculation and concern Monday in France over the 54-year-old's state of ...

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 ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - K-Pop singer HyunA fainted on stage during her performance at the Waterbomb festival in Macau, China, on Sunday, November 9, 2025, while performing her hit song Bubble Pop. In a ...

Syncope is a reversible loss of consciousness and postural vascular tone resulting from a sudden lack or decrease of cerebral blood flow. [11] In other words, diminished oxygen to the brain makes a ...

Hair-grooming syncope causes sufferers to endure epilepsy-like seizures when they have their hair styled. Unlike with epilepsy, these seizures are unrelated to the firing of neurones in the brain.