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Published online 27 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060327-4
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A pill to beat fear?
Hormone treatment could help people to overcome phobias.
Does the prospect of public speaking make you panic? Do you run for the hills at the mere mention of spiders? Help could be at hand: researchers have come up with a way to ease the crippling symptoms of phobia.
The treatment, developed by a Swiss-led research team, could one day help sufferers to face their fear simply by popping a pill before facing a stressful situation.
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