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, ...

Sedation dentistry uses medication to manage dental anxiety, ranging from minimal (nitrous oxide) to moderate (oral/IV sedation). It’s distinct from general anesthesia; most forms are “conscious ...

The patient admitted last fall to the University of Florida’s addiction treatment center had worked as a professional pilot. But months of abusing nitrous oxide, an anesthesia gas that can induce ...

Julaine Allan receives funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council and the Commonwealth Department of Health and Aging to conduct research on substance use and mental health programs ...

Alabama lawmakers are considering a bill to restrict sales and use of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, a product linked to at least five deaths in Shelby County last year. The gas canisters are ...

A new study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics indicates nitrous oxide gas provides a comparable analgesia to IV sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy. The study examined 623 ...

A new study from Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia warns that patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of heart attacks, ...