Monday, October 19, 2009

Sex Reduces Pain



As the hormone oxytocin surges, endorphins increase, and pain declines.

So if your headache, arthritis pain, or PMS symptoms seem to improve after sex, you can thank those higher oxytocin levels.

In a study published in the Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 48 volunteers who inhaled oxytocin vapor and then had their fingers pricked lowered their pain threshold by more than half.

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