Patients who take weight loss drugs may raise a greater risk of complications when under anesthesia. Patients on weight loss drugs digest food at a slower rate, which can increase risks of ...

General anesthesia, once the default choice in spine surgeries, is increasingly giving way to local and spinal anesthesia as ...

Although some people may worry that anesthesia could worsen their multiple sclerosis (MS) symptoms or bring on a relapse, there is no evidence to suggest that this is true. According to the National ...

Nausea and vomiting are common after general anesthesia and can be treated with medicine. General anesthesia can make it hard to urinate because it affects bladder muscles. See a healthcare provider ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The number of U.S. women who die from anesthesia complications during childbirth has fallen sharply in recent decades. But deaths specifically related to so-called regional ...