A nasal spray that contains esketamine — a potent derivative of ketamine — can now be taken on its own to treat adults with severe depression, the FDA says. Here's what that means.

Propofol has proven effective in liver transplantation procedures for both initiating and sustaining anesthesia. Compared to ...

He has asked me to marry him only when he’s coming out of surgery -- once as he was coming out of anesthesia in the recovery ...

Value-based care (VBC) is a healthcare delivery model that prioritizes patient outcomes over the volume of services provided.

A Washington Democrat hopes to study the impact of medical anesthesia on climate change. The goal is to address the environmental impact of the anesthetic gases used in medical, dental and ...

Patients with a history of severe (or unstable) cardiovascular, respiratory, metabolic, or endocrine disease; impaired renal or hepatic function; allergy to anesthetic drugs; morbid obesity ...

In the first verse of “I’d Rather Be Me” from the musical Mean Girls, there’s a note that’s frankly a bit too high for your average voice to sustain. It requires a clear tone and solid ...

Earlier this year, the state of Colorado reached an agreement with Dallas-based U.S. Anesthesia Partners to resolve an investigation into what the state called an anticompetitive monopoly that ...

The Texas Medical Board suspended the medical license of a Houston neurosurgeon who is facing criminal charges that accuse him of causing a patient to overdose on an anesthetic. The temporary ...

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Meta, the owner of Facebook and other social media platforms, will implement major changes to its content moderation policies, founder Mark Zuckerberg announced this week in a video titled ...

Is there a different anesthetic I can request? -- S.S. ANSWER: The term “narcotic” derives from the Greek word meaning numbness or stupor. The term isn’t used medically now, since it has a ...