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Love, Death, and Oxytocin

Love, Death, and Oxytocin

August 19, 2014 9976 Views No Comments

Oxytocin, the “love hormone”, is one of those blood factors that we have less of as we age. A recent study connects loss of oxytocin with frailty and loss of muscle mass in old age. Could it be that oxytocin is the biochemical mediator that signals the body to live longer in response to loving connections and caring behaviors?

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Is Love Stronger Than Death?

Is Love Stronger Than Death?

May 27, 2014 4615 Views 3 Comments

Pictured is the 14th-century tomb effigy in Chichester Cathedral that inspired Philip Larkin’s poem “An Arundel Tomb.” It is the tomb of Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel (1306-1376), and his wife, Eleanor of Lancaster, Countess of Arundel (1311- 1372)

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