The team explored how anesthesia and pain control can be redesigned to limit long-term effects on cognition and behavior ...

The party drug ketamine has gotten a lot of notice for its potential to help people with severe and persistent depression who haven't responded to other treatments. But a new study has discovered the ...

“S-ketamine can reduce risk of [postoperative delirium] in elderly patients undergoing total hip or knee arthroplasty under neuraxial anesthesia. However, generalizability of these findings may be ...

Older adults undergoing hip fracture surgery experience similar incidences of cognitive decline whether they recieve regional or general anesthesia, with no significant difference in depression, ...

A coroner’s finding that actor Matthew Perry died from “acute effects” of ketamine is drawing new attention to the drug, a powerful anesthetic intended for use during surgery that has also become a ...