- American Heart Association - An explanation of what syncope is, neurally mediated syncope, AHA recommendations and further resources to related issues.
- Cheltenham Syncope Clinic - 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.
- Syncope - Also known as fainting, an information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
- The Merck Manual - An article about orthostatic hypotension and syncope.
Media publications
- American Academy of Family Physicians - An article entitled: Exercise-Related Syncope in the Young Athlete: Reassurance, Restriction or Referral? (Published 1999.11.01)
- NPR : 'In Defense of Fainting' - 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. (Published 2001.06.00)