What exactly is sex? On TV and in the movies, it involves a little kissing and hugging, then almost always a quick plunge into intercourse. In romance fiction, it’s passionate, obsessive, ...

First, thank you for all the prayers and good wishes I’ve been receiving since my hospitalization with the flu and one of those “super-bug” pneumonias. I’m still writing from my hospital bed and hope ...

"This group of behaviors affects about 5% of the world population," said Dr. Tiffany Libby, a dermatologist at Brown Dermatology. That's about 380 million people. These group of behaviors is known as ...

Feelings of rejection can be common — you may feel ostracized at work, rejected by a partner or even snubbed by friends — but a new study from England shows how a gentle touch can curb these feelings ...

The gentle touch of another individual soothes the effects of social exclusion, one of the most emotionally painful human experiences, according to new research. The gentle touch of another individual ...

WASHINGTON — From the stroke of a mother's hand to the embrace of a lover, sensations of gentle touch activate a specialized set of nerves in humans. The brain is widely believed to contain a "map" of ...

“See how she leans her cheek upon her hand. O, that I were a glove upon that hand That I might touch that cheek!” William Shakespeare The physical sensation of being touched can have a powerful effect ...