Anesthetics remain safe, but they are not universally effective. Sex, genetics, body composition, and brain function influence how anesthetics are metabolized and tolerated, so the challenge lies in ...

‌Local anesthesia numbs a part of your body so that your doctor can stitch up a wound or take a biopsy without you feeling any pain. Unlike general anesthesia, where you are put to sleep during a ...

(Original Caption) 6/5/1976-New York: The government and doctors have decided the 10 million American women taking oral contraceptives are entitled to more information about possible side-effects of ...

Purpose: The characteristics of ideal intravenous (i.v.) and inhaled anesthetic agents; the rationale for inducing anesthesia with i.v. anesthetics (particularly propofol); therationale for inducing ...

Minimizing the use of sedatives during operations could shorten hospital stays and reduce the risk of complications. Immersing patients in virtual reality could help reduce the amount of local ...

The transition between wakefulness and states of reduced consciousness, whether pharmacologically induced via anesthesia or pathologically necessitated by ...

Research over the past decade has uncovered that the choice and mode of anaesthesia administered during cancer surgery may influence long-term oncological outcomes. Beyond providing analgesia and ...

A producer of the forthcoming film Awake, starring Jessica Alba and Hayden Christensen, says it "will do to surgery what Jaws did to swimming in the ocean." The film focuses on a man who experiences ...

A British man who hypnotized himself before hand surgery last week so he could skip the anesthetic says he was fully awake and pain-free during the 83-minute procedure. Professional hypno-therapist ...

Researchers detail the mechanism that allows propofol, a common anesthetic, to halt the movement of kinesin proteins that deliver cargoes to the far reaches of cells. Like a wrench that gums up the ...