February 2010 - Love Really Can Cure a Broken Heart

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It’s already known that oxytocin exposure brings greater heart health -- but researchers have just found that oxytocin infusion reduces cell deaths in an injured heart and reduces certain inflammatory factors that can slow healing.

Other than going into labor, the number one means of acquiring the neuropeptide oxytocin, is through skin-to-skin contact with another human being -- simple touch and closeness. Contact with animals has some beneficial effect as well.

Oxytocin has a powerful effect on infants, but brings greater bonding and mental and physical health for everyone.

Would you like to know more about the power of oxytocin to heal? Read about the important UCLA study on how women naturally produce oxytocin as an effective way of managing stress in my July 2007 newsletter.

Sources: To read the original abstract from PubMed.gov, click here.

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