Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

General anesthesia leads to better functional outcomes than conscious sedation in stroke patients with large vessel occlusion ...

The word "surgery" often leads to a discussion about other things, including the type of anesthesia that will be used during a procedure. The truth is, there are many different types of anesthesia ...

RTL host Frauke Ludowig surprises with an unusual surgery confession: The 61-year-old had one of her toes shortened - under ...

Conscious sedation -- a type of anesthesia in which patients remain awake but are sleepy and pain-free -- is a safe and viable option to general anesthesia for people undergoing a minimally invasive ...

Following the death of 81-year-old Joan Rivers from cardiac arrest on Sept. 4, questions have arisen as to the safety of the procedure she underwent at an outpatient endoscopy clinic and whether she ...

Daisy Lynn Torres died after being put under anesthesia for a routine dental crown procedure Daisy Lynn Torres, a 14-month-old girl who died following a routine dental procedure in March, experienced ...

(Gray News) - A 9-year-old girl in California died hours after being placed under general anesthesia to undergo dental surgery, according to multiple reports. On March 18, the girl, who hasn’t been ...