

FDA Warning on Anesthesia is Misguided
First, Happy New Year! I hope you all had a wonderful and restful holiday season. Unfortunately, the Food and Drug Administration started off my holiday season with a lump of coal last month when they announced it was requiring new warnings on the use of repeated or lengthy general anesthesia in children under age 3 because of their possible effectson the developing brain. While I share the FDA's concern, this action is an example of a government bureaucracy taking action in