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The rare surgery lasted nearly five hours (Photo: AFP)

Anaesthetics are more functional that just inducing sleep, says study

They cause widespread disruption to synaptic connectivity - the brain's communication pathways and helps makes surgery...

11 Jan 2018 8:03 AM IST

The deep brain stimulation (DBS) implant is similar to a cardiac pacemaker device. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Surgery affects memory, says study

According to a new study, patients may score slightly lower on certain memory tests after having surgery and...

23 Feb 2018 8:00 AM IST

Memory became abnormal in 77 of 670 participants with initially normal memory comprising 18% of those who had had surgery. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Surgery, anaesthesia may affect memory

According to a new study, patients may score slightly lower on certain memory tests after having surgery and...

22 Feb 2018 3:04 PM IST

Cannabis users also needed 14 per cent more of the analgesic fentanyl and 20 per cent more of the sedative midazolam. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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Can cannabis impact the effectiveness of anaesthesia during surgery?

Studies suggest that Cannabis users may need more anaesthesia for surgery.

16 April 2019 1:08 PM IST

Kids could be spared dozens of doses of general anaesthesia by projecting a video directly on to the inside of a radiotherapy machine during treatment, researchers said.

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Films as anaesthesia for kids with cancer?

Researchers found that before the video was available, general anaesthesia was needed for 83 per cent of children's...

9 May 2017 6:42 AM IST

$Shock wave therapy has been used since the 1980s to treat gallstones, kidney stones, heart problems, fractures and joint inflammation. (Photo: Pixabay)$ Life

Shock therapy may help in erectile dysfunction

Low-intensity shock wave therapy addresses the problem of insufficient blood flow to the penis.

5 July 2017 1:25 PM IST

His lower jaw bone fragments were replaced in position and held temporarily with arch bars and wires. (Representational Image)

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Doctors perform critical operation on teen

While playing in a park with his friends, the teenager tried to jump over a fence in the local park at Paschim Vihar...

14 Dec 2016 2:01 AM IST