A new study from researchers at University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich suggests that combining physical ...

Scientists are uncovering how GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy act on brain regions that control hunger, nausea, pleasure-based eating, and thirst. These discoveries may help create treatments that ...

Researchers at University Hospital Zurich and the University of Zurich report that intimate physical contact combined with ...

New research is uncovering how medications targeting the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) system affect brain circuits involved in nausea, thirst, and pleasurable behaviors. These findings will be ...

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 ...

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 ...

Busy moms might be sending their babies the wrong signal if they feed evening breast milk that was expressed in the morning, a new study suggests. The composition of breast milk changes throughout the ...

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 ...