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Fainting Summary
664 words, approx. 2 pages
Fainting is loss of consciousness caused by a temporary lack of oxygen to the brain. Known by the medical term "syncope," fainting may be preceded by dizziness, nausea, or a feeling of extreme weakness. When a person faints, the loss of consciousness...
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Fainting, also called syncope (pronounced /ˈsɪŋkəpi/), is a sudden, and generally momentary, loss of consciousness, or blacking out caused by the Central Ischaemic Response, because of a lack of sufficient blood and oxygen in the brain. The first...


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American Scholar
In Defense of Fainting.
01/01/2001: 5,430 words, approx. 18 pages
It's happened any number of times and in any number of unfortunate places, but the one that comes first to mind was during my freshman year at a small college in upstate New York, in October 1971. We all had a science requirement to...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Steinbrenner faints
12/28/2003: 352 words, approx. 1 pages
Steinbrenner faints, is taken to hospital Incident occurs at Graham memorial Associated Press Sunday, December 28, 2003 Sarasota, Fla. -- New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner fainted Saturday at a memorial service for football great Otto Graham and was hospitalized...
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AP News
Knicks' faint playoff hopes take hit
4/5/2007: 873 words, approx. 3 pages
Stephon Marbury headed to the bench, and the New York Knicks' faint playoff hopes may have left right along with him. The Philadelphia 76ers regained momentum when Marbury was resting in the fourth quarter, then held on to beat the Knicks 92-90 Wednesday night when...
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AP News
Day after fainting, elder Bush on stage
3/13/2007: 336 words, approx. 1 pages
Former President George H.W. Bush was in good spirits as he gave a speech Monday night, a day after being overcome by the sweltering desert heat and staying overnight at a Southern California hospital.Bush walked with a cane onstage at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and...
 


 

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