A Redding doctor is sounding alarms to city officials and health workers about recreational misuse of an old drug that put seven people in the hospital this autumn — five with spinal cord degenerated.

Denver Health is changing how its doctors administer nitrous oxide, a common anesthetic used to sedate people for surgeries, after realizing how much was being wasted. In the process, they're saving ...

SYDNEY, Australia -- A doctor and 10 midwives are being investigated after a co-worker accused them of holding laughing-gas parties in hospital delivery rooms, a newspaper reported Monday. The medical ...

CHARLOTTE — It’s called nitrous oxide. You may know it as laughing gas. Dentists use it for pain relief. Others use it for a quick high. You can buy it legally. Social media promotes it, and it’s ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning Americans about the ever-increasing and potentially deadly recreational use of nitrous oxide products, particularly among young people. Marketed with ...

An Irish hospital is trying to prevent unused laughing gas from escaping into the atmosphere, in a bid to curb waste and go green in healthcare. Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, has long ...

As Manchester suffers the worst levels of air pollution in the country, health reporter Helena Vesty reveals how one ...