Anesthesia: Could Early Use Affect the Brain Later?

Courtesy TIME: Top Science and Health Stories  Tue, 11/03/2009 - 13:35

Without general anesthesia, modern surgery and medical intervention would be crippled. But what do doctors really know about the long-term effects of these mysterious drugs?


 

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