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Tickling the ear of people over age 55 can help them age more healthily.
Applies a small electric current to the skin of the ear so that it rebalances the nervous system.
Stimulated the vagus nerve, which connects to the heart, lungs and gut.
Led to improvements in body, sleep and mood.
Applied transcutaneous vagal nerve stimulation to 29 healthy volunteers aged 55 and over.
Needs to see if there’s a benefit to patients with heart failure, depression and irritable bowel syndrome.
The University of Leeds did the study which was published in Aging journal.
