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Anesthesia awareness: How often do people wake up during surgery?

The recent release of the new movie Awake, which tells the story of a guy experiencing "anesthesia awareness" (or waking up during surgery), has ... Read More »

Surgery fires: They happen more often than you think!

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is getting ready to do something this fall that it has never done before: issue guidelines aimed at ... Read More »

Can your child get Toxic Shock Syndrome?

Toxic shock syndrome is a rare, life-threatening bacterial infection that has been most often associated with the use of super absorbent tampons and ... Read More »