SAN ANTONIO -- A novel airway management device had good results improving the safety of sedated gastrointestinal (GI) ...

A dental procedure turned risky for a 78-year-old Chembur man, but Zen Hospital doctors removed the object without surgery, ...

A 78-year-old man Chembur resident had a medical scare when the metallic dental cap he was wearing accidentally slipped into ...

In Tampa, patients increasingly prefer endoscopic spine surgery over traditional methods due to its minimally invasive nature ...

Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

You should be able to resume normal exercise 24 hours after a colonoscopy. Sedation during the procedure affects your body, so avoid working out until you've fully recovered. Always consult your ...

One or two people out of 1,000 going into surgery can experience anesthesia awareness. It’s a brief moment when a person ...

For many people, visiting the dentist can bring feelings of fear and anxiety. Some even postpone necessary treatments because ...

The first study of oral sedation for cataract surgery in an office setting found it to be as safe as intravenous anesthesia ...

Patients prefer the comfort of colon capsule endoscopy but remain uncertain about its effectiveness, reporting lower ...

Patients placed on mechanical ventilation are commonly put under deep sedation, to ease the stress and discomfort of having a ...