http://www.medpagetoday.com/PatientCenteredMedicalHome/PatientCenteredMedicalHome/
Day: 12/12/2014
Laughing Gas May Lead to New Depression Treatment
http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2014/12/11/laughing-gas-may-lead-to-new-depression-treatment/
Research on the anesthetic ketamine has shown that it can sometimes produce a quick but not long-lasting remission from otherwise intractable depression. Scientists at Washington University in St. Louis wondered whether nitrous oxide–the so-called laughing gas sometimes used as a dental anesthetic–could produce similar benefits.
(I believe it was the infamous Dr. Gregory House who educated pain patients on ketamine.)
How 180 Hours Without Sleep Affects the Body
Being in constant pain is a little like torture… and the pain can force you to stay awake…
http://motherboard.vice.com/read/how-severe-sleep-deprivation-affects-the-body?trk_source=popular