Anaesthesia

Herbal medicines + surgery = risky
People should stop taking herbal remedies two to three weeks before surgery, because some natural remedies can lead to excessive bleeding.

The deepest sleep
Rugby star Shawn Mackay, who died recently from injuries sustained in a road accident, was put into a medically induced coma in the bid to save his life. What is this procedure?

Awake under the knife
They're cutting you open, but you can't move. Up to one person in a hundred runs the risk of the ultimate living nightmare, a specialist claims.