Seeing your child faint is always scary for a parent. But in reality, fainting (syncope) is more common than one realizes. Fainting is defined as a transient loss of consciousness and occurs in 15 to ...

More kids are fainting during school than ever before and it may have something to do with healthier school lunches. Dr. Mark Zittergruen, with Mercy Medical Center in Cedar Rapids, says middle school ...

Fainting, or syncope, is a sudden and temporary loss of consciousness. It usually happens when there is a slight decrease in the amount of oxygen reaching the brain. Possible causes of fainting can ...

A syncope is the clinical name given to a brief blackout (visual greyout) or an episode of fainting or momentary collapse. It is triggered when the brain does not receive enough blood for a short ...

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 ...