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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

American Family Children's Hospital in Madison, Wis., is using nitrous oxide (laughing gas) delivered through masks scented with bubble gum, orange and vanilla to alleviate stress for young patients ...

Newly reported results of a small phase 2 clinical trial indicate the potential utility of using nitrous oxide treatments in patients with severe major depression that has not responded to other forms ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...