Medicine.org - Anesthesia

Hot Peppers May Completely Eliminate Pain of Childbirth, Dental Procedures and Surgery

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 16:20:58 -0400

Did you realize that within a very small section of skin, you have various nerve cells. Some cells only ‘light up’ or work when you apply pressure. Some are sensitive to temperature. Some are sensitive only to pain. The nerve cells which are sensitive to pain are called nociceptor cells.

Currently, no drug works directly on nociceptor cells; but on nerve pathways which lead to the nociceptor cells. Or a drug may work on all the different types of cells, not solely nociceptor pain cells. Or a drug may totally anesthetize you, in which case you are paralyzed, unconscious, and pain free.

Anorexia May Have Primarily Socio-Psychological Roots, But Biology and Genetics May Also Play a Role

Sat, 10 Mar 2007 15:59:23 -0500

Although anorexia is often thought of as a "teenage disease," it can start much earlier, or much later. According to ANRED, Inc., eating disorders usually appear in bright, attractive young women between the ages of twelve and twenty-five, although there are both older and younger exceptions. At least ten percent (10%) of the people with eating disorders are male, possibly more.

Surgical complications for smokers

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:19:49 -0500

Harvey Woehlck, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology at the Medical College of Wisconsin, recently led a study regarding people who smoked within 24 hours of having surgery.

The study found that people who considered themselves smokers, and who smoked within 24 hours of surgery, had more markers of restricted blood flow to the heart than those who considered themselves nonsmokers, prior smokers, or chronic smokers, who did not smoke before their surgery.