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, ...

Nitrous oxide, an effective and inexpensive anesthetic, is safe for surgical patients who have or are at risk for cardiovascular disease, according to results of a large randomized controlled trial ...

A Redding doctor is sounding the alarm about misuse of nitrous oxide as a drug in Shasta County. Here's what to know about NO ...

Patients receiving nitrous oxide as part of general anesthesia for surgery may be at increased long-term risk of myocardial infarction, according to a new study in Anesthesia & Analgesia (February ...

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 ...

Health Canada is recalling nearly a dozen forms of nitrous oxide it says were sold for recreational consumption, which poses ...

CINCINNATI -- Sometimes progress means walking things back a few paces, reaching for older technologies. Such may be the case in childbirth, where the use of nitrous oxide has been revived in this ...

VISTA, Calif. — A nine-year-old girl died in March from "methemoglobinemia in the setting of recent nitrous oxide administration" following dental surgery in Vista, the Medical Examiner's Office ...