Bioengineers in South Korea have succeeded in developing an intravenous needle (IV) that can bend and flex as it enters the human body. The softening IV needle is rigid at room temperature, similar to ...

The new IV needle, which is rigid at room temperature like a conventional one, softens when it is inserted and reaches body temperature. Bioengineers in South Korea have succeeded in developing an ...

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 ...

As recently as his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden decried the wave of fentanyl overdose deaths in the U.S., decrying the fact that, as he said, “fentanyl is killing more than 70,000 ...

It's a sad and inconvenient fact that many drugs have to be administered in the form of a slow intravenous (IV) drip, as opposed to a single quick injection. That may be about to change, however, ...

Federal Health Minister Tony Clement contends safe-injection sites may well violate the standards of medical ethics, a position that earned him a crisp and swift rebuke from the country’s largest ...

Toronto city council has approved three supervised injection sites at existing downtown health-care facilities. Council voted 36-3 Thursday to support the services aimed at providing a safe and ...

Last week, the supporters behind Initiative 27 to ban "safe injection" sites for drug users in King County, Washington, turned in more than enough signatures to have the measure put on the ballot.