Former President George W. Bush, 68, recently had knee surgery. As an anesthesiologist, I am a doctor that specializes in putting patients to sleep for surgical procedures. Naturally, I was curious as ...

General anesthesia produces a state of induced, controlled and reversible loss of consciousness, which is the end result of sedation, analgesia, amnesia and muscle paralysis. It is a vital component ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Systemic pain medicine – which acts on the whole nervous system, rather than a specific area, to lessen pain – can have side effects such as nausea, drowsiness, or lack of ...

A higher intensity of pain during infiltration of local anesthesia during cesarean delivery was associated with increased pain at 24 hours postpartum and lower global health ratings, although the ...