The vagus nerve industry
Can a small and unassuming bundle of fibres really be the key to better health and a longer life?
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Henry Marsh is a neurosurgeon. His most recent book is “And Finally: Matters of Life and Death” (Jonathan Cape)
Can a small and unassuming bundle of fibres really be the key to better health and a longer life?
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By Henry MarshHow one surgeon’s pioneering treatment healed soldiers with the most disfiguring injuries of the First World War.
By Henry MarshGavin Francis examines how modern medicine tackles the crisis of illness, but neglects the essential process of physical and…
By Henry MarshDespite 2,000 years of study, there is still so much we don’t know about how the brain works.
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By Henry MarshMost languages are littered with references to the heart as the seat of the soul and emotion. This is…
By Henry MarshI had visions of autonomous cars paralysed at street ends, unable to compute whether to be English and give…
By Henry Marsh