A new study from Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia warns that patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of heart attacks, ...

New research supports earlier findings that indicate that anesthesia is no more hazardous for the brain at higher doses than at lower doses. General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of ...

Anesthesia prevents pain during procedures by numbing you or putting you into a sleep-like state. Though considered very safe, it can cause side effects like nausea, chills, aches, and sleepiness.

MELVILLE, N.Y., June 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA), one of the leading single-specialty anesthesia and perioperative management companies in the US, has ...

General anesthesia makes it possible for millions of patients each year to undergo lifesaving surgeries while unconscious and free of pain. But the 176-year-old medical staple uses powerful drugs that ...