Often referred to as the love, trust or bonding hormone, the overall role of oxytocin in both mental and physical health, as well as its place in the social fabric of life, remains a bit of a mystery ...

Delayed labor increases the risk of a cesarean section, even among women who receive oxytocin for augmentation of labor. The rate of cesarean section among first-time mothers is not reduced if the ...

Discontinuing oxytocin during active labor was associated with a 20% lower risk for cesarean delivery and reduced the risk for uterine tachysystole and non-reassuring fetal heart rate tracings. The ...

Pregnancy is a physiological state which subjects the female body to a range of extreme changes in form and function. One of these is in the level of oxytocin. Oxytocin is a small peptide hormone, ...

Michael T. Bowen currently receives funding from The National Health and Medical Research Council for oxytocin-related research. He is an inventor on a patent ...

Of the dozens of hormones found in the human body, oxytocin might just be the most overrated. Linked to the pleasures of romance, orgasms, philanthropy, and more, the chemical has been endlessly ...