Group Says Prevent &#39;Anesthesia Awareness&#39;
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A medical accreditation group Tuesday urged hospitals nationwide to take steps to prevent ``anesthesia awareness&#39;&#39;--instances in which patients wake up during surgery and sometimes
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Cancer patients were urged not to worry today following a shortage of the common painkiller used to treat those suffering from the disease.
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Manufacturers and consumer advocates offer a handful of precautions to lessen the chance of a meltdown.
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Many people are not being treated properly for a common illness that is a silent killer, a watchdog says.
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A group of health care leaders said on Tuesday they were banding together to make U.S. hospitals less dangerous places to get well.
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a potential problem that led a national group of emergency-room doctors Monday to call for better preparation for the oncoming
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New research suggests many elderly people who undergo surgery that requires anesthesia will experience long-term cognitive decline.
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Nov, 17, 2004 - A third of Americans say that they or a family member have experienced a preventable medical mistake and that many of those mistakes resulted in severe pain, disability, and sometimes death.
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No kid likes to be stuck with a needle. IVs? Forget about it. In short, most things in hospitals are pretty scary for children, especially surgery. Enter Children's Hospital's anesthesiologists, a six-member team of specially trained doctors who make sure that surgery is not frightening and that ...
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Doctors appeal to relatives not to sell their stories.
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Children should be exposed to fewer  television ads for anti-impotence drugs and more for birth  control, and need to be shielded from an advertising onslaught  in general, the leading U.S. pediatricians' group said on  Monday.
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Some women who get epidural  anesthesia during childbirth may have difficulty with  breastfeeding in the short- and long-term, a new study  suggests.
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PATIENTS&#39; safety could be endangered by new European Union rules on health care, doctors&#39; representatives said yesterday. The British Medical Association said they had serious concerns about the impact of
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Breast cancer patients need less anaesthetic if relaxed by hypnosis before an operation, US research suggests.
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Information about potentially dangerous people should be shared among those who protect the public, Acpo says.
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Doctors were told yesterday to restrict the use of the NHS&#39;s frontline painkiller for very sick patients in an attempt to eke out supplies.
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As people worried about about painkillers after more warnings of potential heart risk, local and national experts advised pain sufferers not to panic.