The AP reports that "a vast array of pharmaceuticals -- including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones -- have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 ...

To properly anesthetize an abscess for incision and drainage, insert the needle tip subcutaneously as you would for a TB vaccination. This technique will blanch the skin and anesthetize better ...

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A new study investigates a curious phenomena: The same anesthetics that render humans and other animals unconscious also, apparently, work on plants. And as The New York Times' Joanna Klein ...

From the Middle Ages, when sticks were used to “beat the devil” out of mental patients, through the middle ’30s, when electric and insulin shock therapy began, physical treatment of the ...

Anesthetists cannot take their responsibilities lightly. Too little anesthetic and a patient may feel the whole procedure, too much and a patient might shuffle off this mortal coil. Researchers in ...

Anesthetizing the Pain of Shame Especially among members of the LGBTQ+ community, it became clear that unhealed shame and trauma, combined with substances, is a recipe for addiction. In 2014 ...

There is a new law in the Netherlands which stipulates that slaughtering animals be only practiced after anesthetizing the animal. Once the new law is implemented, any slaughtering of animals without ...

With more patients taking glucagonlike peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists like Ozempic to control diabetes and obesity, clinicians may need to rethink how to manage them during dental anesthesia or sedation.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho — An adult cow moose fell off a cliff and died Thursday during an attempted capture by Idaho Fish and Game officers. The moose had been darted by officers and was under the ...