Oxytocin has been called the “cuddle chemical” and the “love hormone” — the glue that bonds parents to children and lovers to each other. Given that levels of oxytocin surge during orgasm and remain ...

The "love hormone" oxytocin may help maintain romantic relationships by prompting men to keep their distance from attractive women, a new study from Germany suggests. In the study, men in monogamous ...

Mild wounds healed faster if people took a spray containing the "love hormone" oxytocin and set aside time to praise their ...

Bridget Jones’s Diary makes me snort. I mean that literally. I emit a scornful guttural sound whenever I see it, which, unfortunately, happens a lot in my house. It’s one of my wife’s go-to cable ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “There is a lack of knowledge regarding the pathophysiology underlying hypersexual disorder, and this is the ...

Other researchers gave men oxytocin and found they more frequently looked to the eye region when shown pictures of human faces. People look to the eyes to read another's emotional state and ...

Around 14.5% of nulliparous women who received high-dose oxytocin (6 mU/min) had a C-section delivery versus 14.4% who received the standard regimen (2 mU/min), a result that was not statistically ...

Men with hypersexual disorder may have higher levels of oxytocin in their blood than men without the disorder, according to a small study published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical ...

Mens' prenatal brains could be used to predict their parenting style, according to a small study. Those with higher oxytocin levels in their blood had a more baby-led approach. This is the first study ...