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

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. An ...

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 today’s fast-paced world, where stress and burnout have become alarmingly common—especially among the under-35 generation—a new wellness trend is making waves across social media: vagus nerve ...

When it comes to brain health, the vagus nerve might not always be top of mind. But this mighty nerve serves an important function: It sends information between your brain and other vital organs, and ...

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

I tried the Yōjō Vagus Nerve Stimulator — and it totally transformed my stress and sleep in two weeks - After two weeks of using this stress-busting, sleep-enhancing gadget, consider me a convert says ...

As one of the most primitive parts of our nervous system, the vagus nerve controls many aspects of the body that are completely outside our control. As one of the most primitive parts of our nervous ...

Following the FDA approval of a vagus nerve stimulator for rheumatoid arthritis, supporters of the device’s use have lauded ...

The vagus nerve is an integral part of your autonomic nervous system. This part of your nervous system controls the things your body does without your conscious input, such as breathing, digesting ...

After years of work, cognition and neuroscience doctoral student Hailey Welch is—for the first time—the lead author of a ...