We have an update now on the science of swooning. I often swoon when I hear our theme music by B.J. Leiderman. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on evidence that fainting can be caused by a newly discovered ...

A newly discovered pathway between the heart and brain may explain why healthy people faint. The pathway appears to carry signals from the heart's lower pumping chambers to an area of the brainstem ...

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 ...

A sudden restriction of blood flow to the brain. That's how scientists have traditionally explained why people faint. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and ...

The TV shows may frame fainting as something someone does quite frequently under duress, but that’s just not true. A lot of people do not take fainting seriously. Sure, now and then you might feel ...