Vagus nerve stimulation therapy improved the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression for nearly 500 participants in a ...

People with severe, treatment-resistant depression who received a nerve-stimulating therapy showed significant improvement in ...

The trial was investigating the use of vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), an autoimmune ...

A thin wire connects the device to the left vagus nerve in the neck – a major nerve that serves as a communication highway ...

The Vagus Nerve’s Mysterious Role in Mental Health Untangled ...

A vagus nerve stimulation device was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) nearly two decades ago for treatment-resistant depression, but it has not become widely available. Between the ...

The device is implanted underneath the collarbone ... “And the nice thing about vagus nerve stimulation, we know from other studies, is that when the patient responds, the effects usually ...

CMS has balked at covering vagus nerve stimulation for treatment-resistant depression. Positive results from an ...