Can a wearable neuromodulation device that delivers small electric shocks banish anxiety? Studies suggest it might ...

The doctor says that science strongly supports the following ways of resetting the vagus nerve: Medical VNS devices can ...

The causative agent of the current coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2). COVID-19 was initially described as lung ...

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 issues. ...

Credit: Getty Images. Research indicates that stimulation of the left vagus nerve have been shown to improve depression symptoms. Vagus nerve stimulation is now being revisited as an adjunct treatment ...

The Vivistim System features an implantable pulse generator, which is placed just under the skin in the chest of the patient, and a lead wire. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the ...

Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) therapy involves implanting a small device that sends a mild electric pulse through the vagus nerve. Source: Alila Medical Media/Shutterstock Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS ...

As the authors report, invasive VNS was approved in the European Union in 1994 and in the United States in 1997 for the treatment of children with medicinal therapy–refractory epilepsy. Because ...

Nerve-stimulation therapy can greatly improve symptoms of severe, treatment-resistant depression, a new clinical trial shows. The results of the trial, published last month in a pair of studies in the ...