On hot days it’s important to be careful. WTOC invited expert Dr. Tim Connelly with Memorial Health to explain the dangers.

A heat dome is causing high temperatures across Tennessee, with heat advisories issued for much of the state. Heat-related ...

Learn about vasovagal syncope, the most common cause of fainting affecting 40% of adults. Discover symptoms, triggers, and prevention tips from experts.

Medical professionals consider cardiac syncope a serious type of fainting given that it is caused by underlying heart conditions such as heart rhythm abnormality (arrhythmia).

Exercise-associated collapse (EAC) commonly occurs after the completion of endurance running events. EAC is a collapse in conscious athletes who are unable to stand or walk unaided as a result of ...

THE present emergency has provided an unusually abundant opportunity for the study of syncope, or fainting, in blood donors. Although not in itself serious, fainting results in loss of time to the ...

Stokes-Adams syndrome is a condition where you suddenly feel faint and can lose consciousness. It’s caused by a change in your heart rate.

Syncope, or fainting, is a temporary loss of consciousness due to reduced blood flow to the brain. Follow these lifestyle and preventive tips.

For years, researchers have attributed fainting, or “syncope,” to a sudden restriction in blood flow to the brain. But the mechanism behind why and how this happens has remained a mystery.

Although it is technically possible for laughter-induced syncope to cause the heart to stop, the bigger risk from these fainting spells is that they could happen in dangerous situations, he added.