The act of hoping for the well-being of the natural environment can release hormones that boost mood.

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

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 ...

Studying the hormones involved in social bonding in prairie voles could help scientists understand human friendships and ...

When humans and other animals are in a calm state, they tend to breathe slower, and their heartbeat also slows down.

Sex may permeate our popular culture, but conversations about it are still associated with stigma and shame in Indian households. As a result, most individuals dealing with sexual health issues or ...

This article was reviewed by Kelly Brown MD, MBA. Does intimacy relieve stress? And can intimacy help with anxiety? Absolutely. As it turns out, the stress relief-intimacy connection is one that is ...

A new study shows how the “love hormone” helps infants respond after brief separation from their mothers. The work connects a simple behavior – a pup’s call – to a precise set of neurons that turn ...

A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding and ...

UC Berkeley researchers found that oxytocin — commonly considered the “love hormone” — also plays a significant role in the formation and maintenance of friendships in an Aug. 8 study on prairie voles ...