While some are happy to grow old gracefully, others are willing to try anything to slow down the ageing process. A study, by a team at the University of Leeds, found that tickling the ear with a small ...

Aging is such a complex process in the body and brain it seems impossible that a technique involving daily ear stimulation — known as “tickle therapy” — might be able to fight it. But a team at the ...

'Tickling' the ear with a small electrical current appears to rebalance the autonomic nervous system for over-55s, potentially slowing down one of the effects of ageing, according to new research.