Vagus nerve stimulation may treat many diseases by changing brain signals, inflammation, and organ communication.

What type of medical intervention is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration across different devices and indications to help treat conditions as disparate as epilepsy, stroke rehabilitation ...

The parasympathetic nervous system has the opposite effect. It slows the heart, supports digestion and promotes a calmer ...

Could our ‘internal communication superhighway’ hold the key to mental and physical wellbeing?

Sanford Health announces that upper‑limb function through vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) paired with rehabilitation is now ...

The idea that inflammation can be regulated by the nervous system is leading to an explosion in what is being dubbed ...

Nick Fournie was 24 years old when severe depression upended his life. Fournie had been married to his longtime sweetheart for two years, and had no reason to suspect he had any mental health issues. ...

We all have two vagus nerves—one on the left side of the body and one on the right—both of which connect the brain to the intestines. On TikTok, vagus nerve stimulation sounds like a miracle cure.

The "wandering" vagus nerve in yellow. Source: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Shutterstock A landmark study has found that adjunctive vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) significantly improves treatment-resistant ...

This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. This piece discusses advances in vagus nerve stimulation. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection ...

The causative agent of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 was initially described as lung ...

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