In adults over 70, exposure to general anesthesia and surgery is associated with a subtle decline in memory and thinking skills, according to new research. The study analyzed nearly 2,000 people and ...

Would you expect nearly 20% of your noncardiac surgical patients to experience significant intraoperative ST-segment ...

Patients who undergo general anesthesia while receiving a specialized surgery to treat strokes have better outcomes than patients who are moderately sedated, according to new research led by UTHealth ...

And how we prevent it ...

Researchers have found in a new study that among older adults undergoing major noncardiac surgery, total intravenous ...

I’d been biking around the gorgeous art-installation island of Naoshima, Japan, all morning when I came across a secluded little bathing beach. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to briefly escape the ...

When most people think about surgery, they picture the operating room, the surgeon and the day of their procedure. What many don’t realize is that some of the most important ...

William Sieber was working in his garden. Wasn't he? He was sure he had been picking tomatoes just moments ago. Now he appeared to be in some kind of rehabilitation hospital. And weren't people ...

A woman in Sacramento chose to have only local anesthesia for the procedure ...