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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...