Thinking about ways to handle labour pain without losing control? Laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, might be the option you’re ...

As baby's birth nears, you've surely got a lot of questions on your mind. Likely one of the biggest — especially if this is your first baby — is how you'll manage labor pain. While an epidural is the ...

Giving birth is no laughing matter, but the gas seems to help. — -- A Minneapolis mom who wanted a natural birth was more than 13 hours into labor when she felt she wasn't going to make it ...

Nitrous oxide’s high-speed abilities don’t end with racing cars, as it’s a powerful enough oxidizer to be a practical ...

The family of a young Florida woman who died in 2024 after overdosing on nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, is now fighting to halt its sale at smoke shops. While it is illegal to buy it to ...

Photo of a young man with a laughing gas mask The FDA warns that misuse of nitrous oxide is causing serious injuries Flavored nitrous products are being sold in colorful packaging at gas stations and ...

Galaxy Gas may sound like something found in a gaseous location like Saturn, Jupiter or Uranus. But in this case, it’s the brand name of a nitrous oxide-filled cartridge that’s designed to convert ...

Nina Warken, German Minister of Health, gives a press conference on the German Cabinet's draft for a planned ban on the sale of laughing gas and knockout drops. Kay Nietfeld/dpa Nitrous oxide, which ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are tracking a rise in injuries tied to the misuse of nitrous oxide, or laughing gas, including some brands that are sold in small canisters containing flavors like ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health officials are ...