Imagine you’re suffocating − desperately trying to breath − feeling like you’re being buried alive. The force you’d exert to attempt breathing would literally suck water into the air sacks of your ...

Thu, May 29, 2014 at 5:58 PM UTC That image shows a large chemical burn on Diaz's body, created by the drugs flowing into his tissue instead of into his veins like they were supposed to. Here's what ...

A doctor testified before a judge at a hearing Monday that the use of lethal injection in executions is not a medical procedure. The hearing concerns whether attorneys for death row inmates were ...

For patients with osteoarthritis of the knee, a minimally invasive procedure called cooled radiofrequency ablation (CRFA) provides better pain reduction and functional improvement compared to steroid ...

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to take up a case concerning the lethal injection protocol that left an inmate in Oklahoma to die slowly and gasping for breath last year. The case, which is likely ...

Botox vials consists of 100 units of Botulinum Toxin A and it is injected into the muscle with the help of a small needle. Botox is available as ‘single- use’ vials, which means that a vial of Botox ...

Sclerotherapy is a medical procedure used to eliminate varicose veins and spider veins. Sclerotherapy involves an injection of a solution (generally either a salt or sugar solution) directly into the ...

On Thursday, the New Republic published a series of photos from a 2006 botched lethal injection in Florida, weeks after the details of a similarly problematic procedure in Oklahoma made national news.