The combined rate of heart attack, stroke, bleeding complications or death was 16.6% in the ticagrelor group and 14.2% in the ...

Thinking about getting an epidural? You're not alone – it's the most common form of pain relief during labor in the United States. Here's exactly how it works, what it feels like, and what to expect ...

General anesthesia appears to be safe for both mother and baby during a C-section, researchers recently reported in the ...

Regional anesthesia-typically with a spinal or epidural block-has long been favored for cesarean births due in part to ...

Blood-thinning drugs that doctors often prescribe interchangeably after procedures to reopen narrowed heart arteries don’t work equally well in patients with diabetes, a ...

The meninges are a set of three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. Envision them as a ...

A routine check led to months of turmoil for Michael Harrison, but his experience – and survival – left him with an important ...

A peripheral nerve block is a procedure done by an anesthesiologist to provide postoperative pain relief for people having knee replacement surgery. The anesthesiologist (a doctor specializing in pain ...

Tumours that start in the spinal cord are called primary spinal cord tumours. They are rare. There are different types of primary spinal cord tumours. The most common types are: meningiomas tumours of ...