Cardiologist says Hillary Clinton likely had an episode of syncope

Ethan Weiss, MD, writes in Forbes that Hillary Clinton likely had a case of syncope when video captured Secret Service agents assisting her to a van after a public appearance on Sept. 11. Weiss is a cardiologist and associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

Former President Bill Clinton told CBS that his wife had suffered previous episodes of severe dehydration and was recovering from pneumonia. 

Weiss cited research that estimates 40 percent of adults living to at least age 70 had at least one episode of syncope, which is the medical term for passing out or losing consciousness.

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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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