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. University of ...

Analysis of data from a large and diverse sample from the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes Cohort suggests that maternal exposure to synthetic oxytocin (sOT) during childbirth was not ...

Pituitary oxytocin orchestrates contractions as well as the release of pain-blocking endorphins in mother and baby. Nicknamed the "hormone of love," it facilitates nursing and mother-child bonding and ...

Oxytocin, often referred to as the "love hormone," has been touted for ages as the hormone that facilitates romance and ...