I set out to trace how a once-fringe idea, that consciousness might depend on quantum activity in the brain’s microscopic scaffolding, has converged with new anesthesia research and a bold proposal ...

The unconscious brain appears to be far more capable than scientists once believed. Researchers found that patients under ...

Anesthesia during a short surgery doesn’t harm a baby’s brain development, according to an experiment involving hundreds of infants in seven countries. While the study can’t answer broader safety ...

A major finding by a doctor at the Harvard Medical School may revolutionize the administration of anesthetics to patients awaiting surgery. If current applications of the new discovery prove ...

In use for more than a century, inhaled anesthetics like nitrous oxide and halothane have made modern surgery possible. Now, in experiments in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere have ...