(THE CONVERSATION) – Some patients can have vivid and detailed sexual hallucinations during anesthesia with sedative-hypnotic drugs like propofol, midazolam, diazepam and nitrous oxide. Some make ...

Epidural anesthesia is a mode of anesthesia that numbs the body below the level of the umbilicus. The primary goals of epidurals are to eliminate pain and sensation to the areas in question. Local ...

Scientists have reviewed scientific studies on the potentially adverse effects of exposing developing brains to general anesthesia. The head of the CU School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology ...

Dena Goffman, MD, fellow in Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York Peter S. Bernstein, MD, MPH, FACOG, Associate Professor of Clinical ...

When Mira Barr was 12 days old, she had surgery at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington to implant a feeding tube into her stomach. Barr was having a hard time drinking her milk ...

Having witnesses or recording devices during procedures requiring anesthesia could help prevent opportunities for sexual assault. Science Photo Library/Getty Images Some patients can have vivid and ...