This can happen when someone has underlying or undiagnosed memory and thinking problems. This has led to questions about whether the general anaesthetic used during surgery can cause dementia, but ...

I remember thinking to myself, “how was I bored while people were drilling into my teeth?” Local anaesthesia (the type that ...

Dianne McKendrick, 60, from Kettering, said treatment for her vocal cord paralysis "was much less involved than having a general anaesthetic". "My voice started to improve and about three to five ...

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

This article focuses on general anesthetic medications that act reversibly on the central nervous system (CNS) to produce immobility despite noxious stimulation and amnesia. Surgery requires ...

As for the memory-wiping element, the University of Illinois Chicago says that some medications in general anaesthetic prevent your brain from forming new memories while affected. They point to ...

Objective: To investigate the risks and benefits of the use of local anaesthetic in a descriptive case series from three professional football (rugby league and Australian football) teams. Methods: ...

Children in some areas of England are waiting up to 18 months on average for dental general-anaesthetic treatment and teeth extractions, an investigation reveals. Some have been left with ...