General anesthesia makes you unconscious and pain-free during surgery, ensuring you don’t feel or remember anything while surgeons perform the procedure safely. General anesthesia is a procedure in ...

LOS ANGELES — The latest clinical trial of thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke has reinforced concerns about performing the endovascular procedure under general anesthesia. The DEFUSE 3 trial, ...

A series of papers is detailing the different ways common anesthetics affect the brains of older patients and children, findings that could lead to improved monitoring technology and safety of general ...

A new study from Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia warns that patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of heart attacks, ...

The type of anesthesia a woman receives during a cesarean delivery can play a big role in reducing her risk for postpartum depression, new research suggests. Regional anesthesia may be better for a ...

Using regional anesthesia rather than general anesthesia reduces the need for blood transfusions in patients undergoing bilateral total knee replacement, according to a new study by researchers at ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—In patients at high risk for surgery who undergo TAVR, self-expanding and balloon expandable devices are associated with similar safety at 30 days, with no differences between procedures ...

Baylor College of Medicine researchers have found that the human brain is capable of sophisticated language processing while ...