Sex, or even just intimate touch, could help speed up wound healing – but perhaps only if combined with a nasal oxytocin spray. Often called the “love hormone” or “cuddle chemical”, oxytocin ...

You’re reading The Financial Page, John Cassidy’s weekly column on economics and politics. Hours before Donald Trump met with Xi Jinping in South Korea last week, I sat down with Dani Rodrik, an ...

A model of the a-Heal wearable device. As a wound heals, it goes through several stages: clotting to stop bleeding, immune system response, scabbing, and scarring. A wearable device called “a-Heal,” ...

The two techniques belong to the same family: semi-permanent make-up, which can remain visible for anywhere between one and 24 months, depending on the technique and skin type—although, on average ...

One user made a post about being "Healed" by the beautiful sunsets in NBA 2K, and other TikTokers made it into a trend.

Posted: June 11, 2025 | Last updated: July 10, 2025 There's nothing more healing than a digital sunset. Users are sharing the sunsets from video games, and other digital spaces that have "healed" them ...

Researchers have found that wounds heal three times more slowly in humans than in other primates and rodents, suggesting we may have evolved slower healing at some point in our ancestry. When you ...

We naked apes need Band-Aids, but shedding the fur that speeds healing in other mammals may have helped us evolve other abilities. By Elizabeth Preston Watching wild baboons in Kenya, Akiko ...

Around the world, different cultures have developed unique ways of understanding and experiencing healing. Far from being merely a physical process, healing encompasses emotional, spiritual, social, ...

When we are trying to heal from something, we often seek out quick fixes to shift our minds away from our pain. Whether we take up a new hobby or opt for more destructive distractions, constantly ...

Until now, artificial gels have either managed to replicate high stiffness or natural skin's self-healing properties, but not both. Now, a team of researchers has developed a hydrogel with a unique ...