On the flipside of fight-or-flight is rest-and-digest. It’s the body’s way of rebalancing itself after the danger has passed.

However, there are a couple of things you can do to get instant relief from them, and one of them is stimulating your vagus nerve the right way. Let's take a look... READ ALSO: 5 ways to boost bone ...

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A novel therapy involving electrical pulses to the vagus nerve might unlock the brain’s hidden potential to rewire itself, ...

Since the last British Thoracic Society (BTS) guideline on CC in Adults in 2006, 4 there has been major progress in the diagnosis, and therapy of this condition but it remains a challenging area with ...

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.

Implantable vagus nerve stimulation devices have long been used to treat epilepsy, depression and stroke. A new crop of buzzy non-invasive VNS gadgets, like the one shown here from Truvaga ...

In 1997 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device that can be surgically implanted under the collarbone and linked to a wire wrapped around the nerve.

Breathing is important for any sport, particularly in aquatic sports. The autonomous response to diving is characterized by bradycardia mediated by the vagus nerve. Specific breathing techniques, ...

The vagus nerve is one of 13 nerves that leave the brain directly through special holes in the skull. From there it sprouts thickets of branches that reach almost everywhere in the head and trunk.

Dissection of the vagal trunks until the gastroesophageal junction is important when choosing vagus nerve preservation during esophageal resection (Figures 1 and 2). At this stage, dissection is ...