Anaesthesia is one of the most significant innovations in modern medicine. It allows patients to undergo surgery and other medical procedures without experiencing the trauma of pain. According to a ...

World Anaesthesia Day is observed on October 16 every year. The day strives to raise awareness about the importance of anaesthesia in medical treatments. It also supports anaesthesia providers around ...

In the popular imagination, anaesthesia is often seen as a mysterious “sleep” — a quick drift into oblivion before waking up pain-free. Yet behind this seemingly magical transition lies a remarkable ...

We expect to feel no pain during surgery or at least to have no memory of the procedure. But it wasn't always so. Until the discovery of general anaesthesia in the middle of the 19th century, surgery ...

THE world of medicine is vast and complex. There are several specialities and sub-specialities, then ‘sub-sub-specialities’. Anaesthesiology, for example, is a speciality that spans across internal ...

A drug used for anaesthesia can make upsetting memories less vivid and may one day be used to help some people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Bryan Strange at the Technical University of ...

In South India, it's becoming common practice for anaesthetists to inquire about a patient's caste prior to surgery. This inquiry serves a crucial purpose; it helps identify the likelihood of ...