The phenomenon of bangungot has always left more questions than answers. Arguably the most famous case of suspected bangungot is Rico Yan. The ’90s heartthrob was discovered dead in his Palawan hotel ...

Asians are more prone to bangungot, a fatal sleep disorder, due to their flat faces and genes, sleep experts said yesterday. “An Asian’s skull is differently shaped compared to a Caucasian’s. Our ...

Reports say that it was the cause of the sudden death of actor Rico Yan, only 27, last Good Friday. Before Rico, actor Miguel Rodriguez, only in his 30s, reportedly died of it on May 14, 1997. Both ...

MANILA -- The death of a young actor in the Philippines last week has put the spotlight on a mystery ailment which kills healthy Asian men in their sleep. Filipinos call it bangungot or the nightmare ...

MANILA — Heart specialists debunked on Friday the myth that nightmares are the root cause of sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS), locally known as ‘bangungot.’ In the ‘Usapang Puso sa ...

Every Filipino knows what “bangungot” is, a nightmare where you are overwhelmed by a feeling of paralysis, accompanied by distressed breathing. The inability to wake up, or to be woken up, can lead to ...

Bangungot is known by many complicated medical names: acute hemorrhagic pancreatitis, sudden arrhythmic death syndrome or sudden adult death syndrome (SADS), bed death, sudden unexplained death ...

Everyone's favorite striped sweater-wearing, knife-gloved slasher may have been based on a true story. That's right, Freddy Krueger (Robert Englund) from A Nightmare on Elm Street was inspired by a ...

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