Health & Behavior News in Brief Previous Site Sections Missouri Execution Could Kill Americans’ Access to Key Anesthetic Pharmaceutical companies in the European Union are blocking off-label drugs for executions. Marc Herman
Social Justice Ritalin Can Wake the Brain From Anesthesia Researchers propose pulling patients out of anesthesia with "a shot of adrenaline to the brain." Lindsey McCormack
Social Justice A Better Way to Anesthetize? Researchers have created a new system of slow-release delivery for anesthetic drugs, producing long-lasting local anesthesia in rats without signs of toxicity in their nerve or muscle cells. Matt Palmquist