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 ...

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 ...

Surgery can be lifesaving for people who experience a ruptured brain aneurysm or have an aneurysm at a high risk of rupturing. Not waking up after brain aneurysm surgery can happen for many reasons.

SAN ANTONIO — When anesthesiologists lead the preoperative process, patients undergoing surgery for hip fractures — one of the leading causes of hospitalization in older adults — get to the operating ...