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03/14/2018 / By Ethan Huff

BRAIN DRAIN: Anesthesia shown to destroy cognitive performance in adults

It is common procedure for patients undergoing major surgeries to first receive a specialized dose of anesthesia in order to put them to “sleep.” But the long-term cognitive effects of exposure to such drugs appears to be detrimental, according to a new study published in the journal Anaesthesia. For their paper, researchers from the University […]

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