Since James first described in 1959 the placement and use of umbilical artery catheters (UAC), arterial lines have become routine practice in neonatal intensive care units for arterial blood gases and ...

What is nitroglycerin used for? Nitroglycerin is commonly used to treat and prevent chest pain caused by a type of heart disease (coronary artery disease). Nitroglycerin may also be used for other ...

Nitroglycerin destroys lives by exploding, and saves them by stopping heart problems. How can it do both? Most moviegoers have watched a scene or two where nitroglycerin has been used to blow the ...

Ascanio Sobrero, born on this day in 1812, invented nitroglycerin. He just didn’t see any use for it—even though it became, in the hands of Alfred Nobel—yes, that Nobel—the active ingredient in ...