Doctors in ancient Greece pioneered anesthesia with natural remedies like mandrake, opium and henbane to ease pain during surgeries.

I could discuss risks and benefits in a more sophisticated way if I better understood a patient’s risk versus their ...

BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Fla., will launch seven new graduate medical education programs in the 2025-26 academic year. These include the system's first emergency medicine residency, four ...

The one-size-fits-all approach to pain management should be a thing of the past. But we’re still not there yet.

This study, based on an online survey of 1,135 adults demographically representative of the U.S. population, aimed to measure ...

It is a nothingness many people with chronic pain are plunged into when their symptoms defy simple explanation. As a ...

Assembly Bill 876 would give certified registered nurse anesthetists (CNRAs) the long-sought-after authority to practice ...

Dr. Douglas Virostko, health department medical director: "It is always bothered me when people say 'it is just the flu;' the ...

Native American leaders were taken aback to see 22% fewer American Indian or Alaska Native medical students enrolled last ...

A physician’s assistant at UPMC Memorial Hospital claims he delivered devastating news to Diogenes Archangel-Ortiz in the ...

As a physician, I see firsthand the impact that heart disease has on patients and their families. It remains the leading ...

Almost half of all primary care physicians are affiliated with hospitals, and an increasing number of physician practices are ...