Anesthesia

Almost 25 years since scientists first identified a difference in anesthetic sensitivity in males and females, a new study reveals how sex hormones make men more responsive to going and staying under. Yet dosage is still decided on by a patient's size.

A group of US and Canadian anesthesiologists has sounded the alarm on the new class of weight-loss drugs, this time warning that they can increase the risk of serious complications for patients under sedation on the operating table.

DARPA has announced its new Anesthetics for Battlefield Care (ABC) program, which is aiming to develop a new combat anesthesia that can be applied to casualties in the field without requiring specialized medical training or complex monitoring apparatus.

New research from the University of Queensland is shedding new light on what exactly is going on in our brains when we're knocked out by a general anesthetic – and it's much more complex that simply falling asleep.​

An experimental new robotic device automatically steers an inserted breathing tube towards a patient's trachea. It promises to make the intubation process easier for doctors, and safer for patients.

A robotic intubation system that inserts endotracheal tubes in patients is being tested on human subjects.

Scientists at the Stanford University School of Medicine have found that intense feelings of love are as effective at relieving pain as painkillers or even illicit drugs.

Scientists from the Canary Islands have developed an automatic anesthetic dosing system that responds to the level of a patient's consciousness.