A new exploratory RNA sequencing study finds that the hippocampal response to anesthesia and surgery is directionally ...

A teenage boy went into surgery for a broken arm and emerged with brain damage. His mother was determined to figure out what had happened.

A Yale-based anesthesiologist says pre-surgery is as important as post-surgery.

THE present study was undertaken to determine if the pattern of ventilation, by itself, may influence oxygenation during anesthesia and surgery. The hypothesis was examined that progressive pulmonary ...

Children who received general anesthesia for surgery before age 4 had diminished language comprehension, lower IQ and decreased gray matter density in posterior regions of their brain, according to a ...

(YakobchukOlena/iStockphoto/Getty Images) Every day, thousands of people are put under general anesthesia as a routine part of surgery. Ever since the first public demonstration of surgery under ...

A recent neuropsychological evaluation diagnosis impugned several controversial theories about anesthesia and cognitive decline. As a medicinal therapy to relieve pain and brain dysfunction, ...

In 1846, a dentist and a surgeon tried something dramatically new: the first public operation performed with anesthesia. Armed with a glass globe filled with ether, they anesthetized a patient and ...

Last time, I wrote about how I automated the registration of CT scans for new patients. The content was about how, thanks to the release of the electronic medical record API, I became able to ...