Scientists have long known that regular exercise can lower your heart rate and strengthen your cardiovascular system. However, new research on rats suggests that aerobic workouts may also reshape part ...

New research shows vagus nerve exercises like humming, gargling and cold water exposure can calm anxiety in seconds ...

There's no doubt that exercise does a body good. Regular activity not only strengthens muscles but can bolster our bones, blood vessels, and immune system. Now, MIT engineers have found that exercise ...

Working out your muscles may help heal your nerves after injury, by encouraging those neurons to grow faster. In a new study of mouse cells, scientists found that both the biochemical and mechanical ...

In 1921, Otto Loewi (1873-1961) conducted experiments in frogs that used electrical stimulation to activate the vagus nerve. He discovered that stimulating the vagus nerve triggered the release of a ...

The answer to your back pain is likely some form of movement. This selection of glides, stretches and exercises recommended ...

Frequent exercise doesn't just strengthen the heart – it also changes the nerves that control it, according to new research which could guide more targeted and effective care for common heart problems ...

Simple exercises performed during rounds of chemotherapy can help people avoid nerve damage normally associated with the cancer-killing drugs, a new study suggests. About twice as many cancer patients ...