The vagus nerve is essential to many bodily processes, including digestion and a steady heart rate. Stimulating it could help prevent or stop chronic inflammation, which is linked to disease.

Pairing targeted vagus nerve stimulation with physical therapy seems to help people who are partially paralysed from spinal cord injuries regain the ability to perform some everyday activities ...

Can a small and unassuming bundle of fibres really be the key to better health and a longer life? By Henry Marsh I often saw the vagus nerve when operating, at the base of the brain or in the neck – a ...

A new study has found the non-invasive application of in-ear electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve to be safe and effective in reducing osteoarthritis-related knee pain. It opens the door to ...

She was suffering from chronic fatigue, palpitations, and anxiety. What drew her out of her angst was regulating the vagus nerve through EFT or Emotional Freedom Technique, a powerful self-help ...

One component of the central pain mechanisms is the vagus nerve, Aoyagi said. The nerve plays an important role in the parasympathetic nervous system, which controls the body's rest and digest ...

This approach, called closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation (CLV), produced meaningful improvements in arm and hand function in these individuals. The unprecedented results position the UT Dallas ...

But the route to easing knee pain might indeed wend through the ear, a new study says. Stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear improved knee pain for some patients, according to early trial ...

The City of Tulsa says the company it hired in December to find and collect stolen shopping carts has collected 1,917 of them so far. The city paid $100,000 to have Cart Repo collect the abandoned ...

This approach, called closed-loop vagus nerve stimulation (CLV), produced meaningful improvements in arm and hand function in these individuals. In a new clinical study, researchers from the Texas ...

According to witnesses, the situation could have been much worse. Gajecki said bystanders had to stop the golf cart. "If they didn't stop the golf cart, Jude's head would have been ran over ...