7 Types of Self-Care to Help Prevent and Heal Depression

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Depression shouldn’t be a terminal illness. How to tell if your depression is serious, and when to seek care.

5 Ways Cuddling Makes Us Healthier

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Touch releases oxytocin, which makes us feel better. But can hugging make us better human beings?

Libido Challenged? Try a Daily Dose of Sex

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A wife makes a deal with her husband to try having sex every day for 20 days.

5 Reasons to Wait 30 Days for Sex

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We concern ourselves with getting dating right, but why are so many of us failing to find intimate life partners?

What My Dog Taught Me About Friendship

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After former child actor Trevor Eyster became homeless, he learned the true meaning of friendship from a puppy called Jake.

The Daddy Brain

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Recent research suggests that fatherhood not only changes dad’s brain, but improves it

His Sperm Clouded My Brain: How Things Can Get Sticky After Sex

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To clean up the stickiness learn to follow your heart.

A Stroke a Day

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If emotional distance has built up between you and your partner, daily bonding behaviors can help you get back on track.

Study of the Day: The Drug That Makes Men Cuddly Also Ups Ethnocentrism

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The kissing and cuddling drug oxytocin can bring out both the best and the worst in men.

The Science of Kissing (Just in Time for New Year’s)

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A good kiss produces oxytocin, while a bad one “can lead to chemical chaos.” But hey, guys, no pressure.

Can There Really Be a ‘Parenthood Addiction’?

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After what I put my parents through—all of which will remain unnamed here—it had to have been more than just sheer duty that carried them through.

Cuddle Hormone Affects Dads Too

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On Friday we wrote about oxytocin, the “hormone of love” that plays a key role in mother-baby bonding and heightened empathy in men. New research has found that the level of cuddle hormone in men spikes in the weeks just after their baby is born.

Study of the Day: The Cuddle Hormone

Don't feel affectionate? We may have the answer.

Prepare yourself, guys—there is such thing as a “cuddle” hormone.