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The Conditions of Unconditional Love

Jason Good | Posted 05.13.2013 | Parents
Read More: Funny, Parenting, Love, Kids, Oxytocin, Parents-Dads, Unconditional Love, Love Between Parent and Child, Fatherhood, Parent-Child Bonding, Bonding Hormone, Bonding, Fathers, Parents News
Jason Good

The ridiculous downside to parenting is clear and visceral -- that's why it's so easy and funny to complain about it. But how can I explain the upside, that enormous emotional experience, which compels us to persevere?

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Catherine Pearson

Is This Common Labor Drug Unsafe?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 05.07.2013 | Parents
Read More: Oxytocin Labor, Pitocin Risks, Oxytocin, Pitocin Study, Pitocin, Giving Birth, Pregnancy, Pitocin Safety, Pitocin Safe, Inducing Labor, Parents News

A preliminary new study of the drug Pitocin, frequently given to women to help start or speed up childbirth, has raised concerns about its safety. ...

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5 Ways To Get Over A 'Love Addiction'

Lisa Copeland | Posted 04.30.2013 | Fifty
Read More: Women Over 50, Love & Sex, Relationships, Mature Dating, Addiction and Recovery, Dating Advice for Women, Oxytocin, Love Post50, Fifty News
Lisa Copeland

I recently had a client I'll call Sandy, who loved a man named Jeff. Yet they had broken up at least three times during the two and a half years they'd been together. While apart, an intense longing for the other would occur and they'd come back together celebrating a harmonious honeymoon truce with a lot of love and a lot of sex. But it wouldn't take long for the problems to reappear.

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The Real Reason Men Cheat?

Posted 04.29.2013 | Divorce
Read More: Infidelity, Why Women Cheat, Cheating Genetic, Oxytocin, Affairs, Cheating Hormone, Infidelity Hormone, Why Men Cheat, Oxytocin Cheating, Divorce News

Is infidelity genetic? Research suggests that a hormone called oxytocin, which facilitates trust and allows people to form strong bonds, could be ...

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How Leaders Lead

Judith E. Glaser | Posted 04.02.2013 | Small Business
Read More: Leader, Oxytocin, Neuroscience, Human Behavior, Brain Landscape, Small Business News
Judith E. Glaser

When a leader trusts that an employee will be able to tackle a project successfully, and the employee does, something happens neurochemically in both of them.

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Your Brain Is Hooked on Being Right

Judith E. Glaser | Posted 05.04.2013 | Small Business
Read More: Stress, Oxytocin, Meetings, Business Communication Advice, Oxytocine Relationships, Business Communication, Business Communication Skills, Communication, Small Business News
Judith E. Glaser

Connecting and bonding with others trumps conflict. I've found that even the best fighters -- the proverbial smartest guys in the room -- can break their addiction to being right by getting hooked on oxytocin-inducing behavior instead.

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Be Mine Forever: Oxytocin May Help Build Long-Lasting Love

| Posted 04.15.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Oxytocin Long Lasting Love, Oxytocin, Video, Oxytocin Love, Oxytocin Attachment, Oxytocin Affection, Healthy Living News

By Luciana Gravotta (Click here for the original article) If cupid had studied neuroscience, he'd know to aim his arrows at the brain rather than ...

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Hugging.. Kissing.. Cuddling: 6 Healthy Benefits Of Expressing Love

Posted 01.30.2013 | Healthy Living
Read More: Kissing Health, Oxytocin, Hugging, Cuddling, Fresh Start, Valentine's Day Health, Sex, Hugging Health, Valentine's Day, Cuddling Health, Sex Health, Kissing, Healthy Living News

Good news, lovebirds! If you're planning to celebrate with your Valentine in the coming weeks, get ready to toast to your health. Earlier this week...

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Why Friendship Is Good for Your Health

Randy Kamen Gredinger, Ed.D | Posted 01.29.2013 | Women
Read More: Friendship, Women's Empowerment, Support System, Friends, Women's Issues, Women, Women's Health, Female Friends, Oxytocin, Women Friends, Female Friendship, Laura Klein, David Spiegel, Shelley Taylor, Robert J. Putnam, Bowling Alone, Women News
Randy Kamen Gredinger, Ed.D

Whether is it with friends, family, a therapist or a support group, women find it healing to tell their stories. If friendships can enrich our physical and emotional lives, the question becomes why so many women find it challenging to nourish them.

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Is It All About Hormones?

David Morris | Posted 12.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: Homosexuality, Oxytocin, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Catholic Church, Finance, Testosterone, Banking, Gay, Iceland, Wall Street, Gender, Politics News
David Morris

Why do the Boy Scouts fear gay people while Girl Scouts are more welcoming, and Wall Street men risked and lost the economy while Wall Street-related women counseled moderation?

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The Real Reason Men Love Breasts

Larry Young, Ph.D. | Posted 11.25.2012 | Women
Read More: Chemistry, Oxytocin, Science of Sex, Breastfeeding, Sex, The Chemistry Between US, Breasts, Neurology, Evolutionary Biology, Attraction, Physical Chemistry, Cindy Meston, Arousal, Roy Levin, Slidepollajax, Women News
Larry Young, Ph.D.

Why are heterosexual men so fascinated by women's breasts that we sometimes act as if the breasts are the seat of the soul?

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The Moral Molecules: Why We Do the Right Thing in Love and Work

Jed Diamond | Posted 10.07.2012 | Science
Read More: Oxytocin, Morality, Love and Relationships, Love, Testosterone, Morality Hormones, Hormones Morality, Science News
Jed Diamond

Paul Zak's research shows that there is a clear relationship in humans between the release of oxytocin, an ancient molecule found only in mammals, and our desire to act well toward others. Humans aren't prairie voles, but we do share the same "love chemical."

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Elvis Ballad Yields Clues About Puzzling Disorder

Posted 06.15.2012 | Science
Read More: Neuroscience, Oxytocin, Video, Cognitive Science, Love Me Tender, Brain, Elvis, Williams Syndrome, Music, Hormones, Love, Elvis Presley, Science News

By: MyHealthNewsDaily Staff Published: 06/14/2012 02:11 PM EDT on MyHealthNewsDaily p> Even the toughest of hearts might melt at the sound of Elv...

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Hitchhiking as a Moral Molecule

Alice Carey | Posted 07.14.2012 | Healthy Living
Read More: Woman Alone, The Moral Molecule by Paul J. Zak, Oxytocin, Moral Molecule, Car Culture, Rural Ireland, Hitch-Hiking, 7th Day Adventist, Spirituality, Emotional Wellness, Healthy Living News
Alice Carey

I've come to believe that hitching is a transcendent pleasure available to everyone.

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The Chemical That Makes You Fall In Love

Paul J. Zak, Ph.D. | Posted 07.09.2012 | Books
Read More: Love Chemical, Oxytocin, Moral Molecule, The-Moral-Molecule-by-Paul-J-Zak, Books News
Paul J. Zak, Ph.D.

Our brains are awash in a sea of hormones. Is it any wonder love still baffles us? But, here's some news you can use: Don't look for the perfect partner. Look for someone who wants to trade oxytocin.

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'Trust Molecule' Dictates How We Form Relationships, Expert Writes

online.wsj.com | Posted 04.30.2012 | Science
Read More: Neurotransmitter, Oxytocin, Trust Molecule, Life Sciences, Brain, Biology, Neurochemistry, Science News

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The Real Key To A Lasting Relationship?

The Huffington Post | Emma Gray | Posted 02.29.2012 | Women
Read More: Oxytocin, Sex and Relationships, How Long Your Love Will Last, Love Hormone Study, Oxytocin Bar-Ilan University, Oxytocin Love, Love Hormone, Oxytocin Long-Lasting Love, Oxytocin Long Relationships, Oxytocin Study, Love and Sex, Women News

The key to long-lasting love isn't trust, communication or even a hot sex life, says a new study. It's oxytocin. Oxytocin is a hormone that's been...

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Are Some Women Genetically Hard-Wired To Divorce?

Posted 02.27.2012 | Divorce
Read More: Karolinska Institute, Oxytocin, Divorce News, Divorce, Divorce Study, Committment, Slidepollajax, Hasse Walum, Marriage and Divorce Study, Committment Issues, Divorce Gene, Divorce News

Swedish scientists have discovered a gene that may explain why some women have a hard time committing, or staying committed, should they marry. Ac...

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Cara Santa Maria

Autism: A Year In Review

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.07.2012 | Home
Read More: Oxytocin, Mental Health, Rora, Brain, Yawning, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Talk Nerdy to Me, Science, Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, Communication, Home News

A recent, welcome trend in scientific literature is one that celebrates the unique perspective, focus, and creativity seen in the autistic community, instead of fixating on deficits alone.

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Let's Talk About Sex: The Science of Love

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 09.20.2012 | Home
Read More: Dopamine, Caudate Nuclei, Science of Love, Oxytocin, Ventral Tegmental Area, Nucleus Accumbens, Science, Bonding, Video, Neuroscience, Ecstasy, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Sex, Cara Santa Maria, Love, Serotonin, Home News

2011-11-25-elovelvoelveo.jpgNeuroscientists have shown that in some ways, love is similar to addiction.

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Cara Santa Maria

INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC: This Is Your Brain On Love

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 11.23.2011 | Home
Read More: Dopamine, Caudate Nuclei, Oxytocin, Ventral Tegmental Area, Nucleus Accumbens, Interactive Graphic, Commitment, Attraction, Attachment, Chris Spurlock, Neuroscience, Video, Brain, Talk Nerdy to Me, Vasopressin, Cara Santa Maria, Love, Home News

2011-11-23-Screenshot20111123at8.30.05AM.pngHere's an interactive roadmap of the brain on love.

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Failure To Launch

Wendy Dennis | Posted 12.07.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Oxytocin, Boomerang Children, Coming-of-Age, Millennials, Delayed Adolescence, Tuscany, Teenagers, Detachment Parenting, Young Adults, Prolonged Adolescence, Parenting Gig, Echo Boomers, Attachment Parenting, Failure to Launch, Parental Units, Obnoxious, Generation Y, Fifty News
Wendy Dennis

I used to think that adolescence was the rough ride of parenthood and that once it was over I could cruise to the finish line. But the one thing they ...

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The Path From Heart Disease To Heart Health

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.06.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Dopamine, Oxytocin, Cardiovascular Health, Smoking, High Blood Pressure, Personal Health, Meditation, Cardiovascular Disease, Obesity, Relaxation Techniques, Personal Finance, Healthy Living News
Deepak Chopra

You might have heard the expression "You're as young as your arteries," and it's true. But keeping your arteries young can seem like a mysterious thing for many people. Now some clarity is at hand, and it's worth pausing to consider.

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Why 'Friends With Benefits' Is Ideal For New Divorcees

Vicki Larson | Posted 09.25.2011 | Divorce
Read More: Dr. Drew, Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Hook-Ups, Oxytocin, One-Night Stand, Divorce, Sex, Dating, Friends With Benefits, Justin Timberlake, Casual Sex, No Strings Attached, Ashton Kutcher, Commitment, Intimacy, Divorce News
Vicki Larson

Hollywood always seems to be a little behind the times. Twice this year the big screen has explored a sexual concept that's almost at the ho-hum stage...

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The Chemicals Of Care: How Self-Compassion Manifests In Our Bodies

Kristin Neff | Posted 08.27.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Cortisol, Oxytocin, Self-Compassion, Biochemistry, Memory and Cognition, Healthy Living News
Kristin Neff

The power of self-compassion is not just an idea; it's very real and actually manifests in our bodies. When we soothe our own pain, we are tapping into the mammalian care-giving system.

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