A new pill could help people cure themselves of a fear of heights, a study suggests. Scientists have discovered that giving people a tablet of the stress hormone cortisol can help reduce their phobia.
The hormone, which is part of the body's "fight or flight" reaction to danger, appears to open the brain up to being reprogrammed and to permanently remove anxieties. Tests on 40 patients with acrophobia- a fear of high places and edges, found those given cortisol in combination with behavioural therapy dramatically reduced their aversion.
Excellent, I hate heights (and it gets worse with age) so this will be of great benefit.
The hormone, which is part of the body's "fight or flight" reaction to danger, appears to open the brain up to being reprogrammed and to permanently remove anxieties. Tests on 40 patients with acrophobia- a fear of high places and edges, found those given cortisol in combination with behavioural therapy dramatically reduced their aversion.
Excellent, I hate heights (and it gets worse with age) so this will be of great benefit.
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