Scientists are using anesthesia to probe the quantum roots of consciousness—and the research offers tantalizing evidence.

General anesthesia is supposed to switch us off, yet patients often report emerging from the void with the eerie sense that ...

Anesthesia during a short surgery doesn’t harm a baby’s brain development, according to an experiment involving hundreds of infants in seven countries. While the study can’t answer broader safety ...

CHICAGO (AP) — The largest study of its kind says anesthesia during early childhood surgery poses little risk for intelligence and academics later on. The results are in research on nearly 200,000 ...

A drug targeting a specific receptor may effectively treat memory loss after surgery and anesthesia, according to a study reported in News-Medical. Researchers performed a series of experiments in ...

The International Anesthesia Research Society has awarded Ansgar Brambrink, MD, PhD, $750,000 for anesthesia research — the largest single grant in the organization's 90-year history. Dr. Brambrink, a ...

A major finding by a doctor at the Harvard Medical School may revolutionize the administration of anesthetics to patients awaiting surgery. If current applications of the new discovery prove ...

Bob Dick recently toughed his way through a 90-minute total knee replacement without the aid of anesthesia, choosing to stay awake through the chisel and the buzz of the electric saw. When he reached ...