Objective: To investigate the risks and benefits of the use of local anaesthetic in a descriptive case series from three professional football (rugby league and Australian football) teams. Methods: ...

The effects of officially banning local anaesthetic use, as the International Rugby Board has done, would include an increase in injury prevalence, which is measured by players missing games. This is ...

It is designed for people like yourself who are scared of undergoing a general anaesthetic as the whole procedure is done under local anaesthetic. It is also done as a day case, which means you ...

Local anaesthetic, multiparametric magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-targeted transperineal biopsy may offer an alternative. Here, we aim to determine the feasibility, tolerability and detection ...

During intensive and long-lasting treatments, short-term or emergency care, children often undergo minor needle-related ...

New Zealand’s largest independent science centre, Cawthron Institute, is struggling to get funding for research into an algae ...

Calum Griffin, 15, stayed awake and played the classic board game under local anaesthetic during a minor foot operation. The treatment at Medway Maritime Hospital uses innovative distraction and ...