The vagus nerve is a busy bundle of over 100,000 information-carrying fibers that runs from the brain stem through the body ...

The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the ...

Vagus nerve stimulation might offer a way to augment or replace drug treatment, doctors say. "Neural signals have the ability to reflexively control aspects of the immune system that frankly ...

Tiny pulses of electricity may provide the next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. The pulses would be delivered via implanted devices that stimulate the vagus nerve, and ...