An uptick in deaths in the dental chair lead to calls for more rules and oversight over how dentists administer anesthesia.

In multidisciplinary guidelines issued by the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and published online ...

WRAL Investigates talked to family members of patients who died after receiving anesthesia from a North Carolina dentist office. Local dentists were blamed for the patients' deaths.

1. Stark law prohibits Medicare referrals to entities with financial ties to the referring physician or an immediate family member, with severe liability for violations. The anti-kickback statute ...

Older patients who underwent hip fracture surgery with either regional anesthesia without sedation or general anesthesia experienced similar incidences of postoperative cognitive decline.

Four in every 10 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy develop severe peripheral nerve pain, a new evidence review ...

Longitudinal assessments follow healthcare professionals over time, adapting to changes in best practices and new clinical insights. Unlike one-time exams, which capture only a snapshot of knowledge, ...

Four in every 10 cancer patients treated with chemotherapy develop severe peripheral nerve pain, a new review suggests.

If you are planning to have surgery, you probably know that your surgeon is not the only person who will be taking care of ...

Because public health agencies have learned that these patients had bird flu days or weeks after the person became ill, it has hampered efforts to find out how they were exposed and make sure they ...

Patients are dying in corridors and sometimes going undiscovered for hours, while sick people are being left to soil themselves, according to a damning report into the state of the NHS. The Royal ...