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• Nesting and Oxytocin: New Link

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  I believe that "nesting behavior" can help humans improve their oxytocin response. In examining my own journey in learning to connect with other people in positive ways, I think that buying my first home was a key step in my healing. In psychological terms, I learned to nurture myself, giving myself the experience of ...
  5 days ago

• You, Your Diary and Oxytocin

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  In 2008, researchers found that people who had spent time writing about their core values were less defensive and more open tohearing information about health -- maybe because the activity releasesoxytocin. And James Pennebaker of the University of Texas found that journalingimproves the immune system. Because ...
  6 days ago

• What you can do if you suspect abuse

  
  Holy Hormones, Honey! — Authority: 139
  Bermuda Sun by Christine Rhodes October 23, 2009 Part 3 of 3 Women are particularly susceptible to bonding with those who traumatize them due to a hormone known as oxytocin. Oxytocin is ­referred to as the bonding hormone and is the chemical that starts the birthing process. It is the reason why a woman has ...
  1 week ago

• Sex Anyone?

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 589
  Sex helps lose weight. Twenty six calories are reduced with an hour of kissing while 150 calories are lost in 30 minutes of making love. Sex lowers blood pressure and overall stress reduction. Sex relieves headace. The brain releases endorphin as the body undergoes pleasure. The endorphin hormone has a natural ...
  1 week ago

• New Genetic Link between Autism and Oxytocin

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  A new study from Duke University Medical Center found a "genetic signature" that correlates autism with deficiencies in how the brain process oxytocin. Oxytocin researchers for a long time have suspected that theres some connection, because some of the key symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, or ASD, involve reduced ...
  2 weeks ago

• Odent Tells Men to Butt Out of Childbirth -- Again

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  I really respect Michael Odent for helping to spread the word about the importance of natural childbirth. But I find it hard to accept his reasoning that men shouldnt feel pressured to be present for the birth of their babies. Odent made these statements more than a year ago, and hes still at it. In advance of an ...
  2 weeks ago

• The drug problem at Morphine…

  
  Morphine Nation — Authority: 136
  There I said it. It was hard but…I did it and outed all you closet junkies and fiends. Let the hating commence… But, come on-with a name like Morphine…what did you expect to find here? Basement dwellers who play online PC games and whittle away their lives in search of a 67 skill level? Egotistical control ...
  2 weeks ago

• Men should not attend the birth of their child says leading obstetrician

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 576
  Men attending the birth of their child can make labor ‘more painful and more difficult’ for women claims the doctor. Many men are excited about their new children and want to be with their partner when she gives birth. However, a leading obstetrician claims that during childbirth men create problems for the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Give to Get: The Power of Giving, a new and inspiring book

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  When they hear about how oxytocin lets us connect with others while it keeps us healthy and happy, most people ask, "How can I get more?" Wed all love to be able to pop a pill to instantly boost our oxytocin. Wouldnt it be great if whenever we felt lonely or disconnected, we could quickly get an oxytocin buzz? ...
  3 weeks ago

• WAY-267464: The Love and Connection Drug?

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  Jett asked me about WAY-267,464 , after finding this Wikipedia entry on it. After looking through my archives, I found that I had discussed this potential drug that Wyeth is working on with Dr. Robert Ring, Head of Molecular Neurobiology, Depression & Anxiety Disorders, Discovery Neuroscience, WyethResearch . ...
  3 weeks ago

• Oxytocin may be key to pregnancy weight gain: Herald News

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  Chalk up still another important role for oxytocin: It may be the key to why women gain too much weight during pregnancy.  A study at Otago University found that oxytocin and prolactin seem to act as on/off switches for the appetite. Oxytocin contributes to satiety after meals -- as well as to milk let-down, ...
  4 weeks ago

• 6 Healthy Benefits of Having Sex

  
  The Gallivantings of Daniel Franklin Gomez — Authority: 125
  Strengthens Pelvic Floor Muscles Who says you have to get into your workout clothes to work your core? Exercises to strengthen your pelvic floor, an important part of your core, can be done sitting at your desk and even during sex. Whether you know it or not, you’re performing Kegels while having sex, which ...
  4 weeks ago

• Oxytocin, PTSD and Ecstasy

  
  Hug the Monkey — Authority: 115
  Ive written a couple of times about the prospects for using the drug MDMA, also known as ecstasy, to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. See Ecstasy Drug Could be PTSD Breakthrough and Ecstasy Helps PTSD Treatment . It turns out that MDMA causes the brain to release oxytocin, which, when MDMA is used ...
  7 weeks ago

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