New Pill Could Erase Bad Memories


	New Pill Could Erase Bad Memories

einbar

2-17-2009 1:17 AM

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einbar says:

"Some ethicists see problems, question whether such treatments begin to alter what it means to be human"

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2-17-2009 5:26 AM

tabsey

So most Americans will be given one to erase the memories of Dick'n'George. Or do we just wait for the GOP to change history as they did with Raegan

2-17-2009 3:51 PM

ShannonGB

Pretty scary, the bad is what makes the good, if you remove the bad, where does that leave us?

2-18-2009 6:36 AM

tabsey

There is another clip on this which names propanolol as the drug. I'm on that and nothing. JW has a clip which explains http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/F5012947-E837-485E-9FA0-450150FA7C85/

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ff592dd2-a1c3-4292-a772-2f2babce0d0e/68359776-186F-4183-A1C2-38B1D0CC6FC1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html" href="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.livescience.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html"><H1>Pill Could Erase Bad Memories</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html">Scientists have discovered a drug that could erase fearful memories in humans</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html">The method, using existing blood pressure pills, could be useful for weakening or erasing <A href="http://www.livescience.com/topic/memory/">bad memories</A> in people with post-traumatic stress disorder</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html">other research has shown, <A href="http://www.livescience.com/health/070905_bad_memories.html">bad memories stick</A> better than good ones</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html">Some ethicists see problems, question whether such treatments begin to alter what it means to be human</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.livescience.com/health/090216-bad-memories.html">In 2005, researchers found a <A href="http://www.livescience.com/health/051117_fear_factor.html">fear-factor gene</A>
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There's apparently a natural way to rid yourself of bad memories,
too. A 2007 study involving brain scans found that test subjects had
the <A href="http://www.livescience.com/health/070712_mem_supress.html">ability to suppress specific memories</A> at a particular moment in time through repeated practice.
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