Tag: impairment

Lidocaine Brain Pain

Can lidocaine… mess up your brain?! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Lidocaine is a commonly used local anesthetic. BUT elderly patients who typically undergo more surgeries have long lasting memory issues after. Coincidence? Xiaohui Chen and colleagues from Fujian Medical University investigated! The team

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Bar Flies

Do fruit flies get beer goggles? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, with an unusual Valentine’s Day question. Researchers from Pennsylvania State University staged a bash for fruit flies.  They coaxed them into specifically-designed viewing chambers called “Fly Pubs”—transparent cylinders pumped with vaporized alcohol.  The

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