Did you ever wish if there was any way to get rid of all those bad memories you had when you were a child or even now. Well in the near future you could possibly do that by just taking a pill. Tests conducted by Dutch researchers showed volunteers who had been given pills had a much lower response for a bad encounter with spiders, as compared to those who did not have the pill. These pills are based on beta-blocker drugs that erase the bad memory and interfere with the brain's re-creation of stressful events. So there is no chance of a re-lapse and the stressful events can successfully be thrown away. The result is happier people with less stress.

But the ethics for such as told by some critics is that it messes up with the whole idea of being a human being. But will the pills be effective on something that is more emotional than spider photos? That is a question that has to be answered because there are some events that are more horrific and stressful.

[Gizmowatch]