Nerve-stimulation therapy can get people out of severe depression - Participants in clinic trial went from being unable to ...

Nearly 20 years ago, knowing all other options had failed, Nick’s sister, a nurse, recommended he check out a new treatment called vagus nerve stimulation, or VNS. The US Food and Drug ...

Many people fall into this camp. There are different ways to stimulate the vagus nerve—directly by implanting a stimulator or noninvasively with external devices that stimulate the vagus nerve ...

In 1997 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) device that can be surgically implanted under the collarbone and linked to a wire wrapped around the nerve.

Transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (TVNS) improved sleep quality significantly in a small, sham-controlled trial, substantially expanding a growing body of evidence supporting its ...

Two studies show positive treatment effect and improved quality of life among patients with treatment-resistant depression. HealthDay News — Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) shows a positive ...