A new study has found the non-invasive application of in-ear electrical stimulation to the vagus nerve to be safe and effective in reducing osteoarthritis-related knee pain. It opens the door to ...

When Dawn Steiner awoke one morning with joint pain so severe she couldn’t even lift her arms, she knew something was wrong. Though she didn’t realize it at the time, she was experiencing symptoms of ...

Why everyone is talking about the vagus nerve – and how it’s really affecting your health - LET’S UNPACK THAT: The idea that inflammation can be regulated by the nervous system is leading to an ...

Wearable health technology is rapidly evolving from passive tracking to active physiological modulation. What began with step ...

"It's easier to put your elbow in your ear" is a time-tested way to describe the impossibility of any given task. But the route to easing knee pain might indeed wend through the ear, a new study says.

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Kosaku Aoyagi, PT, Ph.D. (right), an assistant professor of physical therapy and movement sciences in the College of Health Sciences at The University of Texas at El Paso, and his team are exploring ...

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) did not significantly reduce pain in patients with erosive hand osteoarthritis compared with sham stimulation over 12 weeks but improved ...

The nervous system takes in sensory stimuli, processes them and triggers reactions such as muscle movements or pain sensations. A few years ago, a network in the brain was identified that is coupled ...

The human body's longest cranial nerve has the potential to improve health on numerous fronts, according to researchers. Erika Folkes has almost given up on finding pharmaceutical solutions to her ...

The vagus nerve, the longest nerve in the body, originates in the brainstem and extends down into the abdomen. It monitors and receives information about the functioning of the heart, lungs, and other ...