Doctors in ancient Greece pioneered anesthesia with natural remedies like mandrake, opium and henbane to ease pain during surgeries.

Ketamine is an injectable anesthesia that has been used in humans and animals since 1970. It is referred to as a "dissociative anesthetic hallucinogen" because it makes people feel detached from their ...

In mice and humans, the "dessert-stomach pathway" is activated by mere perception by releasing the opiate ß-endorphin, which makes evolutionary sense because sugar provides quick energy.

In 1839, Lin was the Qing dynasty official who confronted the British and their illegal opium trade that pushed the substance on Chinese users; he confiscated 20,000 chests of the drug and cast ...

Financial problems at Anesco, an anesthesia group contracted for decades to provide services at all Broward Health hospitals, has led to employees leaving or going unpaid and a notice of ...

Welcome to the Washington, D.C. Master of Science in Anesthesia Program at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Since its founding in 2012, our site has been committed to providing ...

The Houston Master of Science in Anesthesia Program and Center for Medical Education at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine are fully committed to its anesthetist graduate program. The ...

The report highlights: One of the most egregious examples of USAID’s mismanagement is its role in Afghanistan’s opium trade. The agency spent hundreds of millions of dollars on irrigation canals, ...