Depression that resists traditional treatments may have a surprising new contender: laughing gas. Researchers have discovered ...

PHILADELPHIA- Nitrous oxide-better known as "laughing gas"-can potentially transform treatment for tough-to-beat depression. This centuries-old ...

More than 13 million Americans have misused nitrous oxide in their lifetimes, according to the 2023 National Survey on Drug ...

Once called "hippie crack," nitrous oxide is making a comeback. Last week, the FDA warned about its dangers, and health ...

The compound is known colloquially among recreational drug users as “whippets,” "balloons," “hippie crack” or “Galaxy Gas,” ...

Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Recreational use of nitrous oxide canisters like "Whip-it!" can cause temporary and lasting neurological damage.

We've all heard stories of someone having a few too many at the local pub and then getting behind the wheel of a car, but the ...

Despite a recent Food and Drug Administration warning against inhaling nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, deaths due to misusing the substance are rising in the United States.