Who Needs Medicine to Relieve Stress?

Stress is debilitating. It bleeds into every aspect of your life and eats away at your peace of mind. Many people believe that they have to rely on things like antidepressants and other medications in order to adequately deal with stress, but that is not at all true. Think about all the side effects attached [...]

Stress-reducing Hormone helps out Fighting Couples

A natural hormone called Oxytocin has been found to reduce Cortisol, a stress hormone, in fighting couples. Beate Ditzen, member of the Psychological Institute of the University of Zurich, worked together with her colleagues to test the said hormone in association with behaviors among couples. In a test among 47 couples (ages 20-50), the scientists [...]