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

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Our brains do not react in a fixed, mechanical way like electronic circuits. Even if we see the same scene every day on our ...

A commentary published in Brain Medicine by Drs. Julio Licinio and Ma-Li Wong examines groundbreaking research identifying adenosine signaling as the convergent mechanism underlying rapid-acting ...

When labor begins, the uterus must coordinate rhythmic, well-timed contractions to deliver the baby safely. While hormones ...

As we mark World Kindness Day, science invites us to see kindness not as an occasional virtue but as a fundamental human ...

Traditional oxytocin delivery methods--whether injectable or intranasal--require continuous administration due to the hormone's extremely short half-life of just minutes in the bloodstream. Maximus ...

This study found that intimate physical contact can reduce cortisol responses and, along with oxytocin administration, promote wound healing. These findings provide a foundation for future ...

Exercise appears to spark a whole-body anti-aging cascade, and scientists have now mapped out how it happens—and how a simple ...

Tocolytics are drugs used to slow uterine contractions to delay premature labor and preterm delivery. In doing so, they allow time for the administration of interventions that can reduce the risk of ...

The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer, yet restrained ...