Mar. 25 -- TUESDAY, March 24 (HealthDay News) -- Children who have had anesthesia two or more times by the age of 3 may be at a higher risk of developing learning disabilities later, new research ...

Imagine being a child being prepped for surgery, surrounded by scalpels and strangers wearing masks, hats and gloves. An anesthesia mask hovers over your face in a brightly lit operating room. Sounds ...

Letting children watch a favorite cartoon is an effective and safe way to reduce anxiety before anesthesia and surgery, according to a new study in Anesthesia & Analgesia (November 2012, Vol. 115:5, ...

APPLETON, Wis. (WLUK) --An Appleton hospital is wheeling in comfort for its youngest patients with new remote-control ride-on cars. The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU) and Surgery Team at ThedaCare ...

Exposure to anesthesia during an appendectomy in children does not uniquely increase the risk for subsequent neurobehavioral diagnoses compared with medical admissions without anesthesia. Researchers ...

Popsicles may effectively alleviate postoperative emergence agitation in pediatric patients given sevoflurane for oral surgery, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Pediatric ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - There are often discussions about the negative side effects of kids spending too much time on electronic devices, but a Cincinnati Children’s nurse found a way to use technology ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study hints that young children who are exposed to general anesthesia may be put at significantly increased risk of having behavior problems or language or other ...

One Tennessee mother had the most hilarious reaction post-surgery, when she was still feeling the grudging effects of general anesthesia. Prior to Belle Blake’s nose surgery, she told her husband to ...

Anesthesia affects receptors in the brain, which may cause side effects following surgery. However, evidence that anesthesia causes long-term memory loss is inconclusive. Some people may experience ...