It's not just deep sleep: Anesthesia drives brain into a strange state doctors are only beginning to map

People often describe anesthesia as something that puts a patient in a "deep sleep." An anesthesiologist enters the operating ...

My daughter died 48 hours after being born – then came my diagnosis

Olive had been taken to the funeral directors’, I started to notice my heart beating irregularly; and it really scared me.

Vertigo can carry lasting burden even after successful treatment, seven-year study finds

A new long-term study, published in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, reveals that benign paroxysmal positional vertigo ...

Fitness trackers could predict if you’ll have complications after surgery, new study shows

Wearable devices are giving surgeons at Ohio State an objective window into patient recovery that's changing how they decide ...

Fla. Doctor Said He 'Couldn't Tell the Difference' After Removal of Wrong Organ During Surgery That Ended in Patient's Death

Dr. Thomas Shaknovsky is accused of removing 70-year-old William Bryan's liver instead of his spleen during an operation. The ...

Doctors explain deadly risks of post-Cesarean infections after Kota tragedy

Two women died and several others are battling kidney-related complications at Kota's New Medical College Hospital—a tragedy that underscores the importance of ...

Florida surgeon who removed wrong organ says he is ‘forever traumatized' by patient's death

Thomas Shaknovsky said in a deposition in November that he believed he was removing 70-year-old William Bryan’s spleen, not ...