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Laughing gas, or nitrous oxide, improves the symptoms of severe depression, according to a new pilot study.

 

The research, conducted at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is believed to be the first ever to give laughing gas to people with depression.

 

Of the 20 patients with treatment-resistant depression in the study, two-thirds were significantly improved after inhaling nitrous oxide, while only one-third improved after breathing a placebo gas.

 

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