Opioid-Free Anesthesia Improves Outcomes of Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgery

FDA Probes Anesthesia-linked Neurological Complications in Some Patients Of Venezuelan Ancestry

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Thursday it is investigating the safety ⁠of sevoflurane and other general anesthetics after reports of severe neurologic...

Dignity Therapy: What Matters Most in End-of-Life Care?

Dignity therapy helps preserve identity, meaning, and dignity during serious illness through structured life review and compassionate listening.

Medscape Patient Relationship Index Report 2026

Postsurgical Nerve Injury in Woman With Pelvic Pain

Ultrasound identifies genitofemoral nerve injury in a woman with chronic pelvic pain after cosmetic surgery, enabling targeted treatment and lasting symptomatic relief.

Aligning Evidence With Action: Navigating New and Emerging Non-Opioid Options in Acute Perioperative Pain

Aligning Evidence With Action: Navigating New and Emerging Non-Opioid Options in Acute Perioperative Pain

Whole Blood Not Better Than Components En Route to Hospital After Traumatic Injury

Lack of lower 30-day mortality seen in TOWAR trial data might push guideline changes

What an Anesthesiologist Actually Does

Max Feinstein, MD, pulls back the curtain on anesthesia care

Tranexamic Acid Makes Noncardiac Surgery Safer

— Large randomized trial reassures that transfusion reduction doesn't come at thromboembolic cost

Shorter, Scalable CBT Models Ease Chronic Pain in Two RCTs

Two randomized clinical trials suggest that brief, virtual, and self-directed CBT models can reduce pain interference and expand access to evidence-based chronic pain care.

Patients With Chronic Pain May Find Relief With IV Lidocaine

An intravenous infusion of lidocaine in patients with chronic pain is associated with clinically meaningful relief from pain and mild side effects, a study finds.

How Hypnosis Transformed Medicine in France

In 19th-century France, hypnosis moved from medical experiment to public spectacle, reshaping debates over mind, body, and control.

What Medicine Misses When You Feel Ill

Disease can be measured, but illness is lived — and doctors who ignore that distinction risk missing what their patients are really going through.