'Tickling' your ear could be good for your heart

Wednesday, August 20, 2014 - 09:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Stimulating nerves in your ear could improve the health of your heart, researchers have discovered. Scientists used a standard TENS machine like those designed to relieve labour pains to apply electrical pulses to the tragus, the small raised flap at the front of the ear immediately in front of the ear canal.

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