Your natural ‘love hormone’ helps relieve stress

Oxytocin, aka the love hormone, can help relieve stress. Image is of loose knot in a rope in the shape of a heart.

The Medicine Cabinet: Ask the Harvard Experts Q: Do humans really have a love hormone? A: Yes, we do. It’s called oxytocin. It’s one of the many hormones released into the blood stream from the pituitary gland, a small structure at the base of our brain. It got the name “love hormone” because of its […]