6 Exercises That Can Help You Live Longer—No Gym Membership Required. ... The New Science of the Vagus Nerve and How to Harness Its Healing Reflexes by Dr Kevin J Tracey is out on May 15.

Take a brief scan on Amazon and you’ll find hundreds of products promising to stimulate the vagus nerve. From vibrating ...

Gently pull on your ears, making circular motions. A simple technique, this activation stimulates those relaxation responses ...

Implantable vagus nerve stimulation devices have long been used to treat epilepsy, depression and stroke. A new crop of buzzy non-invasive VNS gadgets promises to relieve stress and improve sleep.

Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a major clinical trial.

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a surgical procedure that involves implanting a device in the chest wall that sends electrical pulses to the brain. Healthcare professionals use this procedure to ...

The vagus nerve's link to the immune system was discovered by accident more than 20 years ago. Northwell's Kevin Tracey and a team of researchers gave rats an experimental drug meant to prevent ...

The vagus nerve not only divides and branches out (its name derives from the Latin word for “wandering”), but it also connects to and interacts with other nerves in the body.

T he vagus nerve is a vine of nerve fibers with roots in nearly every organ and shoots in the brain. It helps us detect a racing heart, rising blood pressure, stomachache, discomfort, an ...

Stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear improved knee pain for some patients, according to early trial results published recently in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open.. The vagus ...

In March, St. David's Medical Center and its rehabilitation hospital began implanting vagus nerve stimulators on people who have had a stroke, and the doctors and therapists are starting to see ...