Vagus nerve stimulation is a social-media sensation, promising instant stress relief. Here’s what the science really says ...

Tiny pulses of electricity may provide the next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and they ...

Poking your ear with what looks like a rubber toothbrush, moving your eyes from side to side, tapping your body or gargling ...

3D illustration showing brain and active vagus nerve (tenth cranial nerve or CN X) Source: Axel_Kock/Shutterstock Stimulating the vagus nerve activates the parasympathetic branch of the autonomic ...

Non-invasive vagus nerve stimulation (nVNS), including transcutaneous cervical (tcVNS) and auricular (taVNS) modalities, has emerged as a promising neuromodulatory therapy for a range of neurological ...

The vagus nerve serves as the brakes on your sympathetic nervous system, helping the body calm down from a stressed state to a more relaxed, maintenance state. Surgically implanted vagus nerve ...

After enduring years of severe gastrointestinal distress that made him want to stay home and close to a bathroom, Joseph Beinlich was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2019. He was 11 years old. To ...

If you’ve scrolled through TikTok or Instagram recently, there’s a good chance you’ve come across someone explaining how to “hack” your vagus nerve. On TikTok alone, videos with the hashtag ...

In a randomized, double-blind trial of patients with erythematotelangiectatic rosacea (ETR), transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) for 3 weeks significantly reduced facial erythema, ...

The vagus nerve is so named because it “wanders” like a vagabond, sending out sensory fibers from your brainstem to your ...