Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe postpartum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, according to ...

A study in BMC Anesthesiology finds combining anesthetic approaches in ACLr improves recovery and decreases complications.

(CBS News) Even one incidence of being put under anesthesia as a child may increase risk for language and memory problems in children, according to a new study. Researchers discovered that Australian ...

The brain under general anesthesia isn't "asleep" as surgery patients are often told -- it is placed into a state that is a reversible coma, according to three neuroscientists who have recently ...

December 29, 2010 — Despite what anesthesiologists may tell surgery patients, the brain under general anesthesia is not "asleep," it is placed in a reversible drug-induced coma, according to 3 ...

General anesthesia should be an option for patients at the end of life as a means of easing the physical and mental distress that can burden some people, say experts in anesthesia and ethics. They ...

Researchers have found that general anesthesia induces unconsciousness by hijacking the neural circuitry that makes us fall sleep. They traced this neural circuitry back to a cluster of cells at the ...

Infants who undergo surgical procedures requiring general anesthesia in their first two years of life may be at increased risk of developing attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as they ...

Dr. Johnny Mao first learned that facial plastic surgery using local anesthesia was possible by doing facial reconstruction ...