Federal regulators are taking a second stab at banning the controversial use of electroshock devices to manage the behavior of patients with intellectual and developmental disorders. The devices ...

With the Food and Drug Administration poised to again ban the use of electric shock devices on people with developmental disabilities, advocates are warning that some in Congress are quietly trying to ...

The FDA previously attempted to ban the use of the devices in 2020, but a federal court ruled that the agency didn't have the authority to enact its proposed ban. Congress has since revised the law to ...

The United Nations Committee against Torture has stated since 2013 that electroshock constitutes torture when forcibly given or administered without a patient’s consent—a practice that needs to be ...

Relevant risk for interaction seen with cardiac implantable electronic devices; no signs of cardiac damage seen during testing. HealthDay News — When applied to cardiac implantable electronic devices ...