UB neuroscientists have identified the binding site of low-dose ketamine, providing critical insight into how the medication ...

Learn more about common anesthesia medicines bupivacaine and lidocaine, including their benefits, risks, differences, and ...

The most common is general anesthesia, in which medications are used to decrease pain and to induce a sleep-like state of ...

In a practice-changing guideline reversal, medical societies advised on Tuesday that most patients do not need to stop taking ...

Overcome with medical errors, Kansas City’s healthcare system sparks a surge in malpractice claims, prompting a critical ...

Nitrous oxide (also known as laughing gas) is a common anesthetic that only requires a mask over the mouth and nose. / Shannon Fagan/GettyImages You’ve likely been under anesthesia for different ...

General anesthesia, which usually entails several different medications, puts you out completely, making you lose consciousness and the ability to move (temporarily). These other drugs ...

Federal officials have celebrated a striking drop in drug overdoses across the country. But state-level data shows that Black people are suffering significantly worse outcomes than white people.

New research from biologists at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences reveals that mifepristone, a drug best known for its use for ending early pregnancies, might also extend ...

Drug-poisoning deaths in England and Wales have hit the highest level in 30 years, fuelled by a 30% rise in fatalities involving cocaine. The highest rate of drug deaths is still among men in ...

(Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor in New York via AP) A recreational drug called “pink cocaine” is getting ... Ketamine is a powerful anesthetic approved for use during surgery but in recent ...