Excessively inhaling helium can cause hypoxia, which is when the body's tissue cells do not get enough oxygen. Hypoxia can lead to organ failure, and poses a particular threat to the heart and brain.

Death from inhaling helium is so rare that the American Association Poison Control Centers lumps it in with other gases, such as methane and propane. Only three deaths were recorded in 2010, said ...

NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old chartered accountant, Dheeraj Kansal, died by suicide on July 28 by inhaling helium gas at a hotel in New Delhi's Bengali Market area, leaving behind a note explaining his ...

5:15 p.m.: A caller in the 1500 block of 3rd Avenue reported people in a vehicle were inhaling from balloons the caller believed to be filled with helium. July 20 2:00 p.m.: A caller in the 800 block ...

Inhaling gasses and vapors in an attempt to get high has been a thing for decades. But there’s an inhalation trend called chroming that’s making the rounds on social media—and it’s been ...

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A 12-year-old member of a Japanese pop group lapsed into a coma after inhaling helium for a stunt on a television show, a broadcaster said Thursday.

Instead, she passed out and later died at a hospital, the result of an obstruction in a blood vessel caused by inhaling helium from a pressurized tank. "It blew her lungs out," Earp said.