Health
Handkerchief or tissue? Which one's better for our health and the planet?
Maybe you have hay fever, COVID, a cold or the flu, and are reaching for a tissue or handkerchief.
Sep 29, 2023
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News tagged with nitrous oxide
Medications
Nitrous oxide helps relieve kids' pain and distress in emergency rooms, study shows
Inhaled nitrous oxide, better known as laughing gas, should be used more widely to manage children's pain and distress when they undergo emergency treatment in hospitals, says a University of Alberta expert.
Sep 18, 2023
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Neuroscience
Study aims to help clinicians recognize signs of nitrous oxide toxicity
Nitrous oxide is a popular recreational drug, especially among young people, that can cause serious and sometimes permanent neurological defects. A new review in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) aims to help clinicians ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Neuroscience
Predominantly young Asian male laughing gas users show neurological side effects, UK case series shows
The largest clinical case series to date of recreational users of nitrous oxide, popularly known as laughing gas, has found a predominance of young men of Asian ethnicity among those with neurological side effects who were ...
May 30, 2023
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A closer look at the neurobiology of psychedelic experiences
Nitrous oxide, colloquially known as laughing gas, has been used clinically as an anesthetic to dull pain since the 19th century. However, in smaller amounts, it can induce mind-altered experiences, including feelings of ...
Apr 25, 2023
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Neuroscience
Surge in nitrous oxide abuse: New guidelines to help clinicians recognize cases and prevent spinal cord damage
Recommendations from research published today on the diagnosis and treatment of spinal cord damage caused by nitrous oxide abuse have been simultaneously adopted as official clinical practice guidelines by the Association ...
Feb 22, 2023
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Neuroscience
Oxygen therapy found to ameliorate abnormal movements in a rare childhood disease
Alternating hemiplegia of childhood is a severe neurodevelopmental disorder associated with a mutation in the ATP1A3 gene. It begins in infancy, causing symptoms that significantly impair quality of life. Young patients are ...
Feb 20, 2023
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Health
Nitrous oxide is not a laughing matter
Medical professionals are calling for tighter restrictions on the sale of nitrous oxide gas cartridges, colloquially known as "nangs," due to potentially serious harm for users including lasting neurological damage. Nitrous ...
Nov 16, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
The use of nitrous oxide 'cracking ' technology in the labor ward
In a case report published in Anaesthesia Reports, a 35-year-old woman who is herself an anesthetist describes her own use of special equipment to recover and break down nitrous oxide used for pain relief during her labor, ...
Sep 16, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Study shows potential for 'cracking' technology to reduce environmental impact of nitrous oxide used during labor
A study published in Anaesthesia shows the potential for using "cracking" technology to reduce the environmental impact of nitrous oxide (N2O), used extensively to manage pain during labor.
Sep 15, 2022
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