The soothing gases delivered by anesthesiologists to get patients through a rough procedure or surgery have done wonders for pain management. But now scientists have found that these tools aren't so ...

Columbus-based OhioHealth has become the first health system in central Ohio to eliminate desflurane, an anesthetic gas that is harmful to the environment. Instead, the health system will use a more ...

The Quebec health network ought to stop using the gas desflurane for general surgical anesthesia, a government agency has suggested, because of its large carbon footprint. General anesthesia consists ...

One kilo of anesthetic gas affects the climate as much as 1,620 kilos of carbon dioxide, according to a recent study carried out by a team of chemists and anesthesiologists. The amount of gas needed ...