New research published in the journal Neuroscience provides evidence that nitrous oxide may be an effective treatment for ...

Nitrous oxide, informally known as laughing gas, has shown rapid antidepressant effects in people with depression in a series ...

Giving birth is no laughing matter, but the gas seems to help. — -- A Minneapolis mom who wanted a natural birth was more than 13 hours into labor when she felt she wasn't going to make it ...

In the age before warning labels and liability waivers, scientific experimentation often looked like something between a séance and a rave. Case in point: this glorious 1807 illustration from a ...

MONDAY, Dec. 8, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Laughing gas might live up to its name for people struggling with depression, a major new study says. Treatment with nitrous oxide can provide rapid relief for ...

FILE - A sign for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., Dec. 10, 2020. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health ...

Sinn Féin TD Mark Ward, who introduced the Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill, accused the Government of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nina Warken, German Minister of Health, gives a press conference on the German Cabinet's draft for a planned ban on the sale of ...

Nitrous oxide, more commonly known as laughing gas, may be included among the drugs tested for at roadside checkpoints. Minister of State for Transport Seán Canney has confirmed his department is ...