Every day, some 60,000 patients enter a state more like coma than sleep when they undergo general anesthesia — according to an unsettling study published Dec. 30 in the New England Journal of Medicine ...

Research now shows that patients dream under anesthesia and report their dreams as uplifting, leading to more positive ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reported that brain clearance is reduced during anesthesia and sleep. Sleep represents a state of vulnerable inactivity. Given the risks of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Instead of a deep sleep, general anesthesia is more like a reversible drug-induced coma, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, in findings that could lead to better treatments for ...

After careful research, the hospital changed its practices – and was able to eliminate nearly 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions last year alone. A pediatric anesthesiologist describes how ...

Local anesthesia services would be folded into Willmar Medical Services, a four-year-old joint venture between Rice Memorial Hospital and Affiliated Community Medical Centers, if the Rice hospital ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The age of anesthesia began in 1846, when a man named Edward ...