Directory of Syncope Resources

Syncope is the temporary loss of consciousness due to a sudden decline in blood flow to the brain.

Resources in This Category

American Academy of Family Physicians

http://www.aafp.org/afp/1999/1101/p2001.html
An article entitled: Exercise-Related Syncope in the Young Athlete: Reassurance, Restriction or Referral?
Cheltenham Syncope Clinic

http://www.syncope.co.uk/
Neurocardiogenic Syncope (also known as Vasovagal Syncope) and Carotid Sinus Syndrome are important, treatable, yet under-diagnosed causes of recurrent blackouts. Diagnosis and management of these conditions is explained in this website.
NPR : 'In Defense of Fainting'

http://www.npr.org/programs/watc/features/2001/010624.indefenseoffainting.html
Writer William Loiseaux has done a bit of scientific, linguistic, cultural and historical research on the act of fainting. He's written a treatise of sorts on the topic. It's called "In Defense of Fainting," published in The American Scholar and reprinted here.
Syncope

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/syncope/syncope.htm
Also known as fainting, an information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

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