Are psychological and physical distress interdependent in breast cancer survivors and their partners?
The course of breast cancer survivors' psychological and physical symptom distress is significantly affected by that of their supportive partners and vice versa.
Oxytocin exerts an acutely inhibitory impact on food intake that is enhanced rather than decreased in obese compared with normal-weight men. This pattern puts it in contrast to other metabolically active neuropeptides and bodes well for clinical applications of oxytocin in the treatment of metabolic disorders.