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Oxytocin is used to prevent excessive bleeding. "It appears that the women were given excessive doses of oxytocin, which worsened their conditions," sources said.

Vitamin D levels can be measured with a blood test. This test can indicate whether you have adequate levels, are at risk of a vitamin D deficiency, or have levels that are too high. Levels that are ...

New research suggests at least some key distinctions date back earlier than previously estimated, hinting that modern and archaic humans – including our close, extinct relatives – have more in common ...

An experimental study of modern chimpanzees has documented patterns of behavior that seemingly mirror those of our prehistoric human ancestors, casting light on how our predecessors may have ...

As she worked at her computer, the results revealed the sample she was examining contained human DNA. There was nothing so unusual about that in itself: at the time, the ancient DNA (aDNA ...

We further showed that the neuropeptide oxytocin, mostly synthesized in the paraventricular nuclei of the hypothalamus (PVH) and the supraoptic nuclei (SON), is an important mediator of this form of ...