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Whether you're aware of it or not, there's an information superhighway running down each side of your neck right now. And every time you take a long, slow exhale, you're using that highway - an ...

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 ...

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Stimulating either of a pair of crucial nerves that carry messages from the brain to several major organs could be an effective way to treat people with severe depression. An international team of ...

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

At-home, noninvasive auricular vagus nerve stimulation (aVNS) therapy is well-tolerated and associated with a significant reduction in postpartum depressive and anxiety symptoms, new research suggests ...

In clinical trials, almost 500 depression patients who were resistant to current treatments were given therapy that stimulated their vagus nerve. The majority of these patients had such serious ...

Medically accurate illustration of the vagus nerve. Source: Sebastian Kaulitzk/Shutterstock Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) significantly improves quality of life for patients with treatment-resistant ...

(CNN) — 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 ...