Propofol abuse is growing, particularly among those with medical access. Aug. 21, 2009— -- Propofol, the high-risk sedative suspected in Michael Jackson's death, is a drug that is being ...

Conrad Murray took a beating from his fellow physicians during his involuntary manslaughter trial Wednesday. As the prosecution began to draw its case to a close (after today, only one witness for the ...

Michael Jackson requested the anesthetic propofol to help him sleep at least a decade before he died from an overdose of the drug, a doctor testified Wednesday. Dr. Christine Quinn said Jackson ...

General anesthesia evokes a dual mystery: How does it disrupt consciousness, including sensory perception, and what might that say about the nature of consciousness. A new study led by researchers at ...

Swallow, 15, died with "no privacy, naked, bleeding and pierced with the tubes" after days of being administered the sedative ...

Outcomes for mechanically ventilated adults with sepsis receiving light sedation were the same whether they received dexmedetomidine or propofol, according to data from a 13-center randomized, ...

(CBS/AP) LOS ANGELES - A coroner who conducted the autopsy on Michael Jackson says there is no evidence supporting the theory by attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray that Jackson gave himself a fatal dose ...

The doctor who administered the psychotropic drug propofol to actor Yoo Ain without medical records has once again been sentenced to a fine in the appellate trial. On July 8, the Criminal Appellate ...

Anesthesia may be an exact science, but it's not yet fully personalized. Anesthesiologists use a variety of methods to calculate the right dose for a given patient: clinical studies, medical databases ...