A sedative long used by physicians and dentists, nitrous oxide - popularly known as "laughing gas," is being increasingly consumed as a party drug. Among its common effects are a feeling of relaxation ...

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 ...

Is (artificial) laughter really the best medicine? Trials indicate nitrous oxide may be a legitimate depression treatment ...

Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, has just added to a handful of its labor and delivery rooms something you might think of as only being used at the dentist's office: nitrous oxide aka laughing ...

A one-hour dose of 50 percent nitrous oxide (N2O) and 50 percent pure oxygen (delivered via face mask) may help military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to preliminary ...

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 ...

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 ...

The cast of The Secret Lives of Mormons Wives know how to get fans talking. And the Utah-based mom influencers on the show, who are a combination of practicing and former members of the Mormon ...