On TikTok, vagus nerve stimulation sounds like a miracle cure. Influencers claim it can help with a long list of ailments, ...

Stimulating your vagus nerve, which runs from your brain to your gut, can help ease stress and boost well-being. Here's how, ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (aka VNS) helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system to relax the body and bring things back into balance. “The goal of vagus nerve stimulation is to improve vagal tone, ...

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 ...

Direct-to-consumer devices promising pain relief are flooding the market. Is there enough evidence to recommend these devices to patients with chronic pain?

Of the many, many different “stress relief” techniques floating around the internet, which ones are actually effective? According to experts, vagus nerve stimulation really is a great way to lower ...

Everyone is a big bundle of nerves. No, that’s not a description of the current pervasive sense of anxiety many people in America feel these days; rather, it’s an anatomical description of how the ...

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 ...

When Dawn Steiner awoke one morning with joint pain so severe she couldn't even lift her arms, she knew something was wrong. Though she didn't realize it at the time, she was experiencing symptoms of ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation reduced facial flushing and erythema in patients with rosacea versus sham ...

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.