Sometimes called a “pacemaker for the brain,” this nerve connects the brain to most major organ systems in your body. For ...

This follow-up post is a personal perspective that filters the latest vagus nerve research on how exercise affects cardiac vagal nerve activity through my lived experience as a long-distance runner ...

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Christopher Oseh, MD, is a trained primary care physician leveraging almost a decade of clinical experience managing and counseling patients toward better health through positive lifestyle changes. He ...

What situations make you feel nervous, fearful, or anxious to the point that you get butterflies and feel sick to your stomach? Are there people, places, or situations in your life that evoke a ...