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Infants whose mothers regularly use language to describe what their child is thinking or feeling have higher levels of the hormone oxytocin, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.
Nov 25, 2024
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University of Queensland researchers have developed a new class of oral painkillers to suppress chronic abdominal pain that is based on the peptide hormone oxytocin that drives childbirth contractions.
Nov 18, 2024
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A series of three papers from neuroscientist David J. Anderson's laboratory, two in the journal Nature and one in the journal Cell, reveal new insights into the neural signals underlying internal emotional states, including ...
Oct 23, 2024
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Fall for me as a teenager meant football games, homecoming dresses—and haunted houses. My friends organized group trips to the local fairground, where barn sheds were turned into halls of horror, and masked men nipped at ...
Oct 21, 2024
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In the midst of America's growing opioid crisis, a much healthier alternative to long-term pain management is emerging—one affectionately known as "the cuddle hormone," or oxytocin.
Sep 11, 2024
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When Bristeria Clark went into labor with her son in 2015, her contractions were steady at first. Then, they stalled. Her cervix stopped dilating. After a few hours, doctors at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia, ...
Aug 1, 2024
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Nearly 40 million adults in the U.S. have sleep apnea, and more than 30 million of them use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine while sleeping. However, the machines tend to be expensive, clunky and uncomfortable—resulting ...
Jul 23, 2024
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Scientists have identified a gene which, when missing or impaired, can cause obesity, behavioral problems and, in mothers, postnatal depression. The discovery, reported in Cell, may have wider implications for the treatment ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Our sense of touch is generally thought to decline with age, just like the other senses. However, a study has shown that age-related decline in sensitivity only happens in hairless skin like the tip of the index finger, but ...
Jul 2, 2024
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Loneliness is not a disease. And yet it is a significant health problem. Depression, heart disease or dementia—people who are permanently lonely have a higher risk of becoming ill.
May 17, 2024
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