Nitrous oxide could give women an intermediate option short of an epidural. April 27, 2011— -- Rapid contractions left Anna Jaeger desperate for something more than the distraction of the jacuzzi ...

Photo of a young man with a laughing gas mask The FDA warns that misuse of nitrous oxide is causing serious injuries Flavored nitrous products are being sold in colorful packaging at gas stations and ...

Giving birth is no laughing matter, but the gas seems to help. Kate McGovern, a nurse educator and midwife at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Mass., demonstrates the equipment that delivers ...

Nitrous oxide has been used for nearly 200 years for anesthesia and pain relief. Dentists often administer "laughing gas" to people undergoing tooth extractions, root canals and other procedures, ...

For decades, nitrous oxide, affectionately known as "laughing gas," occupied a relatively innocuous corner of public perception. It was the calming agent at the dentist's office, or perhaps a fleeting ...

Nitrous oxide-better known as "laughing gas"-can potentially transform treatment for tough-to-beat depression. This centuries-old anesthetic gas targeted specific brain cells in mice and quickly ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Nitrous oxide or laughing gas has been around and abused for decades, but Arizona’s Family Investigates found it’s making a comeback with it being easier than ever to buy. Experts ...

Smoke shops, head shops, corner stores and other businesses across the Dayton region sell legal nitrous oxide products that are marketed by the manufacturers as being for culinary use but are ...

It’s not the first time the man has been arrested while in possession of more than 100 canisters of nitrous oxide, Texas cops say. Getty Images/iStock photo A dentist was caught driving with more than ...