A series of recent studies 2,3,4, culminating in a large-scale analysis in December 2009 (ref. 4), have suggested that this normal variant may sometimes be lethal and lead to sudden cardiac death ...

Since the Supreme Court lifted its ban on capital punishment in 1976, states have used five different execution methods: lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, firing squad and hanging.

it does not preclude a patient from nevertheless harbouring a potentially lethal LQTS-causing genetic mutation. Indeed, genetic testing exerts significant diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic ...

Lethal Injection, Electrocution and Now Firing Squads. A Look at US Execution Methods HOUSTON (AP) — South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment ...