Your vagus nerve helps regulate digestion, breathing, heart rate, and your stress response. Stimulating this nerve could also help you regain a sense of calm in stressful circumstances. You can ...

Just a year ago, the advice to curb incrementing stress was homogenous: get daylight first thing, maximise your sleep routine and avoid the damaging blue light on your phone. More recently, it's the ...

The vagus nerve is getting a lot of attention online these days. As just one of 12 paired cranial nerves, you may wonder what’s so special about it. But if you’ve seen people on social media sharing ...

The trigeminal nerve is a cranial nerve. It arises from the brainstem, and its branches cover your face and head. The trigeminal nerve is a paired nerve — you have one on each side. Its chief function ...

The phrenic nerve is the nerve that controls your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that helps you breathe. The diaphragm muscles expand and tighten the lungs to help you draw air into them. The ...