Background Mechanical stress on the heart is commonly considered the sole stimulus explaining the synthesis and release of ...

Nitrogen hypoxia requires pumping pure nitrogen through a full-facepiece respirator until the person dies by lack of oxygen.

Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill filed an emergency brief with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after a judge halted a death row inmate’s execution.

Too much of a good thing, it turns out, is a concept that applies to oxygen. And researchers at the University of California at San Francisco are working on a small molecule, Hypoxystat, that can ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas lawmakers have been hard at work this week as they continue working to address various issues in the state ranging from energy infrastructure to capital punishment ...

Jeffrey Wardlaw (R-Hermitage), which would add nitrogen hypoxia to the list of execution methods that are available in Arkansas. "This is not an easy decision, and it will never be an easy ...

The arrest of a British couple in Afghanistan was a “clear example of the Taliban’s alarming lawlessness”, a former US ambassador to the war-ravaged country has said. Peter and Barbie ...

Lowering the body temperature of preterm infants (born at 33 to 35 weeks of pregnancy) with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE)-a type of brain damage caused by oxygen loss-offers no benefits ...

Lowering the body temperature of preterm infants (born at 33 to 35 weeks of pregnancy) with hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE -- a type of brain damage caused by oxygen loss -- offers no ...

Acute intermittent hypoxia (AIH) is a novel therapeutic intervention that facilitates recovery of function, but the tolerability and effectiveness have not been tested in people living with chronic ...

After having been convicted of a murder in 1988, Kenny Smith was put to death by a never-before-used method— nitrogen hypoxia. Fast forward to the present day, for states like Arkansas that can ...