Wear it every night, and you might bite your fight or flight. The trendy new wearable might look simple and unassuming, but the Pulsetto FIT is packed with much more advanced health-tech than you ...

A University of Houston engineering professor is warning that implanted cuff electrodes—widely used in therapy for epilepsy, depression and inflammatory disorders—could trigger unintended nerve ...

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.

Slow breathing and cold plunges promise calm. But real vagus nerve treatments are more complex and still under study.

At the forefront of this shift is Nuropod, a U.S.-available, non-invasive, ear-worn vagus nerve stimulation wearable designed to help support reductions in symptoms associated with persistent fatigue, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A study published in Cell Stem Cell on February 5, 2026, traces a direct signaling chain from sleep-deprived brains to ...

New research reveals that sleep deprivation sends aberrant signals through the vagus nerve, triggering a serotonin surge that can kill gut stem cells.