One in 20 patients remain aware but paralysed during major medical procedures - though the vast majority will not remember it afterwards. Why? It can be the smallest event that triggers Donna Penner’s ...

Bruno van Swinderen receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Adam D Hines does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or ...

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 ...

Silvanna Moreno, a 9-year-old girl died hours after receiving anaesthesia for a dental procedure at a San Diego clinic on March 18. A report from the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office ...

Pregnancy brings many uncertainties, but few scenarios feel as unsettling as the thought of being cut open while still able to feel pain. For most parents, a C-section is safe, routine, and ...

World Anaesthesia Day is celebrated on October 16 in honour of W.T.G. Morton, who on this date 173 years ago gave the first successful official demonstration of ether as an anaesthetic. World ...

Once upon a time, surgery was done on patents who were fully conscious and awake. As you might imagine, this was a nasty experience for all involved, and particularly the patients. Eventually, ...

The last time I was at the dentist (four fillings ― I blame my baking problem), I remember thinking to myself, “how was I bored while people were drilling into my teeth?” Local anaesthesia (the type ...