Most of us have experienced fainting at least once in our lives. It is the sudden loss of consciousness, usually caused by a ...

Meanwhile, SMCV Consultant Emergency Physician Dr Cyrus Lai Sin Nan said while fainting, or syncope, accounts for roughly one to three per cent of emergency department visits, cardiac-related syncope ...

It may sound strange, but some people actually faint when they poop. This isn’t a joke, it’s a real medical condition called vasovagal syncope. While it doesn’t happen to everyone, those who ...

Episodes of fainting are mostly dismissed as those due to stress, fatigue, or dehydration. Sometimes, even when you do not eat properly, you may feel unconscious, but doctors have a different take.

Fainting represents one of the body’s most dramatic protective mechanisms – a sudden, temporary loss of consciousness that looks alarming but often serves a vital purpose. This phenomenon, medically ...

You may have heard that people who feel faint should sit with their heads between their knees, but is that true? And how can you tell whether you or someone else who has fainted should go to the ...

Melbourne, Australia - Contrary to some previous reports, new research involving twins suggests that genes probably do play an important role in vasovagal syncope (VVS) [1]. The new study, which ...