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 ...

Florida is taking steps to ban the sale of nitrous oxide, commonly known as “laughing gas,” at vape shops and convenience ...

A review by researchers from the University of Birmingham and the University of Oxford in the UK has found that controlled doses of laughing gas (or nitrous oxide) really can provide quick-acting ...

Inhaling nitrous oxide — often from “whippits,” the small canisters found in cans of whipped cream — for a quick euphoric high has been around for years, but a suburban police chief says the problem ...

Laughing gas could offer rapid-acting treatment for depression, a study has found. Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is a colourless gas that is inhaled and commonly used as a painkiller. The ...

Laughing gas may make you giggle, but the legal implications are no joke. As courts begin to scrutinize the marketing of nitrous oxide, a substance long associated with harmless fun, a new lawsuit is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An employee holds a can of laughing gas at the counter of a kiosk. German lawmakers have passed a law banning people under 18 from ...

THE WOODLANDS (KTRK) -- Every mother knows labor pain is no laughing matter, but Memorial Hermann in The Woodlands disagrees. They are the first hospital in Houston to offer nitrous oxide, otherwise ...

Discarded laughing gas canisters are exploding in waste facilities and risking injury to staff, several major companies tell the BBC. The high-pressure nitrous oxide metal canisters, which are being ...

Clinical depression leads to substantial disability, and it can be a fatal disease. Although many people with this disorder respond well to standard treatments, a significant number of patients do not ...