CHICAGO — Executions by lethal injection involve a common medical procedure and government-approved medications — used for non-medical purposes. That’s one reason why the American Medical Association ...

Intravenous (IV) injection is a method commonly used in patient’s treatment worldwide as it induces rapid effects and allows treatment through continuous administration of medication by directly ...

Nearly eight months after the first failed execution in Idaho history, the state prison system has in place changes to its lethal injection procedures in efforts to maintain capital punishment and ...

ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — Alabama plans to execute an inmate on Thursday for the 2001 beating death of a woman as the state seeks to carry out its first lethal injection after a pause in executions ...

The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is changing the way it writes its guidelines for giving injections in hospitals, following groundbreaking research from the University of Bath. The Bath study, ...

A topical spray reduced pain by 34 percent in children undergoing intravenous procedures, such as injections and tube insertions, compared with a placebo group. The findings from this double-blind, ...