'Love hormone' oxytocin may help anorexics fight food fixation
date:Mar 13, 2014
es which often start in their early teenage years, before the onset of the illness, said Janet Treasure, a professor at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry, who worked on two studies on the hormone published in science journals on Thursday.

By using oxytocin as a potential treatment for anorexia, we are focusing on some of these underlying problems, she said.

Oxytocin is a hormone released naturally in human bonding, including during sex, childbirth and breastfeeding. As a synthesi
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