When it comes to 'pain', I am a total weakling. A stoic I am not — not even one little bit. However, I am very happy that pain will warn me of potential dangers, such as a bee sting when near a hive, ...

What we are, we are! Fear not, gentle reader, we are only thus beginning to give you a brief account of The Anaesthetic Revelation, a privately printed pamphlet which its author has sent us. What we ...

One in 20 patients remain aware but paralysed during major medical procedures - though the vast majority will not remember it afterwards. Why? It can be the smallest event that triggers Donna Penner’s ...

Naga Munchetty is the latest celebrity to speak out about the “excruciating” pain she endured when getting the coil fitted. The television presenter told BBC Radio 5 Live she fainted twice while ...

As hospitals increasingly look for patient-friendly ways to enhance surgical care, calming music in the operating theatre is ...

Undergoing a medical procedure without an anaesthetic felt like being "flayed alive", according to Dee Dickens. The 53-year-old is one of many in the UK who have reported having a hysteroscopy, which ...

There is currently no strong evidence to say that general anaesthetics increase a person’s risk of developing dementia. Some older people undergoing surgery show memory and thinking problems ...

Hysteroscopy Action says thousands of women are in extreme pain during and following the invasive procedures to treat problems in the womb, with many suffering for days. It says some are left with ...

A Brazilian influencer has died after being given a general anaesthetic for a new full back tattoo. Ricardo Godoi, 45, employed a tattoo studio to do the massive inking, who reportedly hired out a ...

A coroner had warned a common way of administering anaesthesia could lead to potentially fatal doses, following the tragic death of a women in surgery. Dr Rachel Gibson, 47, suffered a cardiac arrest ...