Anxiety is a mental health condition that can lead to fast racing heart fear and other symptoms Read on to know how ice can ...

This work encompasses targeting cytokines with biological agents and pioneering vagus nerve stimulation to leverage evolutionary reflex circuits, effectively suppressing inflammation in both ...

The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA) has announced that Kevin J. Tracey, MD, president and CEO of ...

Kevin J. Tracey, MD, was elected to the Academy for his groundbreaking discoveries in vagus nerve stimulation, the inflammatory reflex and bioelectronic medicine Dr. Kevin J. Tracey was elected to ...

However, due to the complexity of their causes and mechanisms, effective treatment methods are still lacking. Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), as a physical therapy, has been utilized in the treatment ...

Some over-the-counter (OTC) topical creams, like lidocaine or capsaicin, may be helpful for nerve pain. Nerve pain is distinct from typical tissue pain. When you have tissue pain, like falling ...

The authors provide a solid set of data supporting the safety of transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation on cardiovascular parameters in the acute setting of critically ill patients ...

The greater petrosal nerve branches off of the facial nerve in the skull. Along with a chain of other nerves, it innervates (provides nerve function to) the lacrimal gland, which produces tears. The ...

Comedian Jon Stewart questioned how Democrats walk the "tightrope" when they agree with the other side on certain issues, saying during his show on Friday that there's a gag reflex when they agree ...

Researchers at the NYU Pain Research Center have found a new receptor for nerve growth factor that plays an important role in pain signaling, even though it does not signal on its own, according ...