A British man who hypnotized himself before hand surgery last week so he could skip the anesthetic says he was fully awake and pain-free during the 83-minute procedure. Professional hypno-therapist ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A topical formulation of lidocaine 8% and jojoba oil 25% provides consistently good anesthetic block, enabling ...

Minimizing the use of sedatives during operations could shorten hospital stays and reduce the risk of complications. Immersing patients in virtual reality could help reduce the amount of local ...

Researchers have discovered that Coenzyme Q2 (CoQ2) acts as a sedative-hypnotic in mice, inducing reversible unconsciousness through mitochondrial disruption. Unlike its shorter-chain relative CoQ1, ...

‌Local anesthesia numbs a part of your body so that your doctor can stitch up a wound or take a biopsy without you feeling any pain. Unlike general anesthesia, where you are put to sleep during a ...

Novocaine, a brand of procaine, is a local anesthetic drug. A local anesthetic is a medication or technique used to numb a specific part of the body. Unlike general anesthesia, local anesthetics don’t ...

Gases used in anesthesia are potent greenhouse gases, and their total global impact has not previously been known. A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health led by Lund University shows that ...

“I was awake but paralyzed,” says Carol Weihrer as she recalls undergoing eye surgery in 1998. “I could hear the surgeon telling his trainee to ‘cut deeper into the eye,’” she says. “I was screaming, ...

In a monthly column for PBS NewsHour, Dr. Howard Markel revisits moments that changed the course of modern medicine on their anniversaries, like the groundbreaking use of anesthesia on a surgical ...