A recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reported that brain clearance is reduced during anesthesia and sleep. Sleep represents a state of vulnerable inactivity. Given the risks of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Instead of a deep sleep, general anesthesia is more like a reversible drug-induced coma, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, in findings that could lead to better treatments for ...

General anesthesia is more akin to going into a “reversible coma” than going to sleep, a Boston anesthesiologist argues in the Dec. 30, 2010 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, according to ...

In Oct. 2010 in San Diego, a group of anesthesiologists formed the Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine, a group that aims to promote the cross-fertilization between anesthesiology and sleep ...

Myrna Branch has one of the most integral jobs in the medical industry. Although less well-known than a surgeon or technician, a nurse anesthetist provides some of the most critical ...