When it comes to 'pain', I am a total weakling. A stoic I am not — not even one little bit. However, I am very happy that pain will warn me of potential dangers, such as a bee sting when near a hive, ...

Objective: To investigate the risks and benefits of the use of local anaesthetic in a descriptive case series from three professional football (rugby league and Australian football) teams. Methods: ...

Injections to the voice box and biopsies are among four operations now possible under local anaesthetic A hospital is pioneering new ways of doing some ear, nose and throat (ENT) procedures under ...

Anaesthesia means 'insensitivity to pain, especially as artificially induced by the administration of gases or the injection of drugs before surgical operations', but how does it work and what are the ...

Giving patients a dose of anaesthetic could help them to recover from past trauma or even cure phobias, a new study has suggested. If people are asked to recall painful memories shortly before being ...

The problem affects anaesthetic machines used in many hospitals around the world A type of anaesthetic machine that has been used in NHS hospitals can be hacked and controlled from afar if left ...

Anaesthetic and analgesic ear drops can now be considered as a treatment for acute otitis media (AOM), according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). NICE said it was ...

Climate scientist Julia Slingo and anaesthetist Mary Slingo respond to a letter about making anaesthesia more environmentally friendly We note with interest your correspondence on the climate effects ...

A type of anaesthetic machine that has been used in NHS hospitals can be hacked and controlled from afar if left accessible on a hospital computer network, a cyber-security company says. A successful ...