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The parasympathetic nervous system serves as the body’s brake system, promoting rest and digest responses that calm ...

The sympathetic system is the branch of the nervous system associated with the threat response. People who have had traumatic ...

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To manage the effects of long-term stress and anxiety, it is important to regulate the body’s parasympathetic nervous system ...

At different points, members in the group yelled out as they revisited difficult feelings in the body or memories in the mind.

Dr Kevin Tracey has spent 30 years investigating the healing potential of the vagus nerve, which he believes has the capacity ...

Study after study has shown the importance of interpersonal relationships and social connectedness in every aspect of our ...

The physiological and psychological effects of caffeine are well-studied. Caffeine activates the sympathetic nervous system ...

Heart racing? Here’s what your body might be trying to tell you, writes Dr Libby. We all know that feeling – a heart that ...