Hospitals, dental practices – most of you will agree that visiting these kinds of places is far from fun. Perhaps it's the people in scrubs or that overly clean medical smell that gives you the heebie ...

Anesthetics are meant to make you feel comfortable enough and feel as little pain as possible during a potentially agonizing medical procedure. Being in that medicated state can sometimes lead to ...

Letting children watch a favorite cartoon is an effective and safe way to reduce anxiety before anesthesia and surgery, according to a new study in Anesthesia & Analgesia (November 2012, Vol. 115:5, ...