Electric shock injuries are caused by lightning or electric current from a mechanical source passing through the body. Electric shocks cause about 1,000 deaths in the United States each year; about 3-15% of cases are fatal. Injuries range from barely...

An electric shock can occur upon contact of a human's body with any source of voltage high enough to cause sufficient current flow through the muscles or hair. The minimum current a human can feel is thought to be about 1 milliampere (mA). The current...

IN WASHINGTON last week, storms caused blackouts. Meanwhile in California, blackouts are causing a different kind of storm. The prospect that electricity suppliers may cut off consumers has ignited calls for reregulation of local utilities. Given that two-thirds of Americans (including residents of Maryland...

Its bonanza time again. Another private money firm in the City has made itself a small fortune and collected millions of pounds of shareholders money. This time, its the venture capital group Permira, which has persuaded the retail giant GUS to pay GBP910m...

Vice President Dick Cheney was back at work Tuesday after doctors administered an electrical shock to his heart and restored it to a normal rhythm after he experienced an irregular heartbeat."He feels fine. He is not in any pain," said press secretary Megan Mitchell. Cheney...

Canada will investigate allegations that Taliban prisoners captured by its forces in Afghanistan were abused by Afghan authorities, Canada's prime minister said Monday, after dozens of detainees told a newspaper they had been choked, starved and given electric shocks.The allegations, detailed in a report by...