What Doctors Don't Tell YouA new technique that helps detoxify drug users while they are under anaesthetic could be highly dangerous.
Endoscopy is the direct visualisation of the digestive tract using an endoscope, a flexible tube with a camera mounted on it that is small enough to pass into cavities in the body such as the stomach, colon, lungs and oesophagus.
Women who are given epidurals for pain relief during labour are more likely to experience long term backache. ... ...
Studies presented to a meeting of the American Association of Anesthesiologists have shed some light on the often wide variation in people's response to anaesthetics and other drugs. ...
Even short term low dose anaesthetics may compromise the health of very young children, according to a recent report. ...
A new metaanalysis comparing general and spinal/ epidural types of anaesthesia has found that surgery using epidurals is less likely to produce adverse effects, regardless of what the surgery is f ...
Children who live with a smoker are more likely to suffer complications if they undergo general anaesthesia. ...
Elective surgery is any procedure that is subject to choice, as opposed to urgent or emergency surgery that must be performed straightaway. You can derive benefit from an elective procedure, but it may be better to wait a while before having it done.
