The Oxytocin Factor - Tapping the Hormone of Calm, Love and Healing

Informationen zum Autor Kerstin UvnäMoberg, M.D., Ph.D. , is an internationally known scientist at the prestigious Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. She lectures frequently in the United States and all over the world. Klappentext From the world's leading authority on oxytocin! a groundbreaking look at "the love hormone! " and its role in everything from childbirth and bonding to human relationships. Zusammenfassung In recent years there have been exciting scientific discoveries about a powerful hormone whose role in the human body has long been neglected. Oxytocin is the hormone involved in bonding, sex, childbirth, and breast-feeding, as well as in relaxation and feelings of calm. It is the mirror image of the stress hormone (adrenaline), which triggers the "fight or flight" systems in the body. Much has been written about the latter but the many-sided importance of oxytocin is currently known only to specialists in obstetrics, physiology, and psychiatry. The Oxytocin Factor , y Dr. Kerstin UvnäMoberg, is the first book on the subject for a general audience. The new research findings, as well as the potentially beneficial applications of this hormone in reducing anxiety states, stress, addictions, and problems of childbirth, are not only fascinating but of great significance to all our lives.

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From the world's leading authority on oxytocin, a ground-breaking look at "the love hormone" and its role in everything from childbirth and bonding to human relationships

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• Authors: Roberta Francis, Francis Roberta, Kerstin Moberg, Kerstin Uvnas Moberg, Kerstin Uvnas Moberg, Kerstin Uvnas-Moberg, Kerstin Francis Uvnas-Moberg
• Assisted by: Airi Iliste (Illustration), Roberta Francis (Translation)
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2003
• EAN: 9780738207483
• ISBN: 978-0-7382-0748-3
• Subjects: Guides > Health; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology, SCIENCE / Reference, SCIENCE / Cognitive Science, Complementary therapies, healing and health, Popular medicine and health