Seven ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the financial threats they are most concerned about in 2026, from staffing costs to the changing payer landscape. Editor’s note: Responses have been ...

A root canal's goal is simple: eliminate infection and save a tooth. It's not the nightmare it's made out to be.

Dr. Nir Binur's second trial began this week over allegations of a patient's sexual assault, following a mistrial in February ...

Patient safety groups flag fatal injection risk, urging hospitals to remove tranexamic acid vials and adopt safer administration protocols.

Jeffrey Scheihing, a local anesthesiologist accused of felony child sexual abuse, died while in custody at the Gallatin ...

Over the last decade, poisonings and deaths linked to the use of local anesthetics have decreased. Even so, poisonings from one commonly used anesthetic, lidocaine, have increased in the United States ...

Deaths from lidocaine poisonings more than doubled since 2010, calls to poison control centers suggested. Calls about local anesthetic poisonings decreased by 23%, mainly due to fewer non-lidocaine ...

ORLANDO, Fla.—Should anesthesiologists mix local anesthetics for peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs)? The complicated, often contentious issue was debated during a session at the American Society of ...

Anesthesia is the use of medicines to cause a loss of feeling or sensation during surgery or other procedures. This loss of feeling might only be in the surgical area, or you might lose consciousness ...

Local anesthetics are routinely used to provide targeted pain management for a wide array of medical and dental procedures. They are administered through various routes, including topical application, ...