Even though doctors have been using general anesthesia for nearly 200 years, they haven’t really understood the details of ...

General anesthesia — the enabler of modern surgery and medical intervention — is one of the great triumphs of the scientific method. Ether, the compound from which almost all modern anesthetics are ...

Imagine having ankle surgery without general anesthesia, watching the whole procedure in real time, then walking out of the procedure on that very ankle. That’s just what patient Bill Segraves of ...

Older adults who avoid surgery because they fear general anesthesia will cause thinking declines need not worry, researchers report. A study of more than 1,000 patients who had heart surgery at four ...

A recent policy change by health insurer Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) has led to sharp criticism from the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), who warn that the decision could ...

Doctors and policymakers are sounding the alarm after one of the country's largest health insurers announced that starting next year, in certain states, it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Corewell Health West denied a claim by the Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists that its hospitals are removing anesthesiologists from surgeries and replacing them with ...

Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield halted a plan to deny claims for anesthesia services that exceeded specific time limits for surgeries and procedures. After sharp criticism from anesthesiologists, an ...

Are the days of enduring pain for tattoos over? For those willing to shell out serious cash, they may be. Though Moon says there's nothing inherently wrong with using general anesthesia for a tattoo, ...

Elevance has scrapped a controversial plan to enact time limits on anesthesia coverage for certain surgeries, following public outcry and opposition from physician groups. The policy change was slated ...