Doctors also call this condition the fainting reflex or autonomic dysfunction. It causes a person’s heart rate to slow down instead of speed up when they stand, which keeps blood from pooling in the ...

Investigators studied diagnostic and treatment pathways for neurogenic orthostatic hypotension in a man with fluctuating blood pressure and several comorbidities. Considering neurogenic orthostatic ...

Tilt table tests help doctors find possible causes of repeated fainting. During this test, a person lies on a tiltable table. Doctors fasten them to the table before tilting it upright. Doctors may ...

To examine the responsiveness of cardiac autonomic function and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) to exercise training in obese individuals without (OB) and with type 2 diabetes (ObT2D). Subjects were ...

Corneal confocal microscopy can detect subclinical and overt diabetic autonomic neuropathy, a new study suggests. Results from a 52-subject trial were presented September 14 at Neurodiab, the annual ...