Thuja - for ill effects of anaesthesia - With reference to dental and other anesthetics (and immunizations), I thought your correspondent would be interested to know of a homeopathic remedy w...

Aspirin: It doesn’t stop cognitive decline after all - Aspirin has become the great just-in-case treatment for the West. A little a day is supposed to ward off heart disease, high cholesterol, and mental...

Higher oestrogen causes cognitive decline - Assumptions about the protective effect of oestrogen may have been overstated. New information, while far from conclusive, suggests that postmenopaus...

Anaesthetics altered by food and drugs - Studies presented to a meeting of the American Association of Anesthesiologists have shed some light on the often wide variation in people's response...

Dental anaesthetic - I'm about to have major dental surgery. Are there any dangers from dental anaesthetic? G T, Windsor........ ...

Local anaesthetics cause fewer side effects - A new metaanalysis comparing general and spinal/ epidural types of anaesthesia has found that surgery using epidurals is less likely to produce advers...

Anaesthetics may harm the very young, says study - Even short term low dose anaesthetics may compromise the health of very young children, according to a recent report. ...

Sleep aid linked to cognitive decline in elderly - Among elderly hospitalised patients, diphenhydramine given to aid sleep comes with an increased risk of delirium and other adverse events.