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.

Dr. Joseph Antognini travels across the nation, being paid over $500 an hour by government officials who rely on him to vouch ...

This condition, which often occurs during medical events such as heart failure, can also cause acute altitude sickness; ...

Louisiana is planning its first execution by nitrogen gas on Tuesday evening. In a last-ditch appeal to the U.S. Supreme ...

Although officially banned for human consumption by the FDA, alkyl nitrites — commonly known as poppers — have been sold ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – Lawmakers in North Carolina are considering a bill designed to protect kids from the effects of vaping ...

Haemostasis (clot formation) halts the bleeding, and the body quickly forms a blood clot in response to injury. Inflammation ...

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed Louisiana to carry out its first planned execution of a condemned inmate by nitrogen gas on Tuesday, a method his lawyers say inflicts "psychological torture.

Inhaling commercially available nitrous oxide canisters, commonly known as laughing gas, could lead to serious harm or death, ...