
By BY ANDREW JACOBS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1BuQSr9
Nasal sprays that contain the "love hormone" oxytocin have been marketed as a potential cure-all to improve emotional connection with others and even save troubled relationships. But a new study from the United Kingdom suggests otherwise, revealing that oxytocin spray does not make young healthy men more able to recognize emotions.
The pandemic has triggered changes in influenza, RSV, and the common cold, and experts said they can’t yet fully explain why.
The drug is an available, highly effective preventive for millions of immunocompromised people, yet many patients – and even some doctors – are unaware of it, or able to get it.
