Chinese proverb of the day shares a timeless message about happiness and kindness. The saying explains how short pleasures fade but helping...

Flowers offer a unique sensory pleasure. Their scent molecules travel a direct route to the brain, impacting memory and emotions. This trig...

Love can have a significant impact on heart health, with research suggesting that strong relationships help lower stress, improve blood pre...

The "love hormone" oxytocin and other brain chemicals known as CRH, as well as the correlation between high blood pressure and sleep apnea,...

In an article published in the reputed British Medical Journal (BMJ), doctors and maternal health experts have questioned the “scientific r...

Couples who engage in creating art or playing games release more 'love hormone'.

The Health Ministry in its directive allowed only Karnataka Antibiotics Limited to manufacture the drug, under section 26(a) of the Drugs a...

Oxytocin is a hormone drug used to induce labour in pregnant women and stall post-partum bleeding.

The government has proposed a ban on private producers to curb the use of the drug illegally in livestock to increase milk production.

Manufacturers are anticipating a shortage of the drug soon as some of them, including Pfizer, have already stopped producing it in India to...

From July 1, no private manufacturer will be allowed to manufacture Oxytocin for domestic use.

The government has also banned the import of oxytocin and its formulations, besides bringing in some more regulations on the manufacture an...

Only a Bengaluru-based state-owned pharmaceutical company will manufacture the hormone in the quantity required for medical purposes, said ...

Oxytocin has actions in the brain and the ear that may help in tinnitus treatment and provide immediate relief.

Widely used by farmers to artificially promote growth in fruits and vegetables, oxytocin is banned for use in agriculture and animal husban...

Researchers from Yale School of Medicine found that oxytocin enhances brain activity while processing social information in children.

In his latest book, economist-turned-neurologist Paul Zak focuses on the feel-good chemical oxytocin that is supposedly released by loving ...