Social media hype about the vagus nerve tends to be oversimplified. The truth is more complex — and more interesting.

Have you ever noticed how anxiety feels entirely physical? Your heart races, your chest tightens, and your mind spins at a ...

How long have you got?” is Professor Owen Epstein’s response when I ask what the vagus nerve does. A pioneering consultant gastroenterologist, his areas of special interest include the role of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to brain health, the vagus nerve might not always be top of mind. But this mighty nerve serves an important function ...

The vagus nerve is getting a lot of attention online these days. As just one of 12 paired cranial nerves, you may wonder what’s so special about it. But if you’ve seen people on social media sharing ...

A growing number of recovery tools promise better sleep, lower stress, improved focus, and faster recovery. Few have generated as much interest recently as vagus nerve stimulation. The appeal is easy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Those of us of a certain age know the topic of conversation with friends often turns to the state of our health. But next time you ...

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 ...

New research shows vagus nerve exercises like humming, gargling and cold water exposure can calm anxiety in seconds ...

In addition to being scientifically incorrect, there’s no reliable evidence that PVT works to relieve people of their ...

Kevin Tracey is a pioneer of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) research. Since the early 2000s, his team at The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has been rigorously investigating VNS ...