Scared of spiders? You can escape that web

Source: First Coast News - WJXX

People undone by arachnophobia holding a huge, hairy tarantula in their bare hand? No worries, not after a single brief therapy session changed the brain's fear response in adults with the lifelong, debilitating phobia of spiders. The "e ...
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Conquering Arachnophobia

Source: Medindia Health News

According to a recent study, a single brief therapy session for adults with a lifelong debilitating spider phobia resulted in lasting changes to the brain's response to fear. The therapy was so successful, the adults were able to touch ...
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Abnormal Weather Conditions and Seasonal Weather Damage Leave Homes at Risk for Unwanted Pests

Source: PR Newswire

RACINE, Wis., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- More than 180,000 bugs[i] will pass through your yard this summer, and with this year's abnormal weather conditions, bugs may be even more prevalent than ever[ii]. On top of that, seasonal we ...
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New Therapy Has Arachnophobes Holding Tarantulas In Six Months

Source: The Business Insider

A new therapy developed by a professor from Northwestern University permanently alters arachnophobia afflicted people's brain response to spiders. After two hours, the patients' brains responded differently ...
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HEXBUG’s Rock!

Source: Parent Palace

I will shamefully admit I’m late to the HEXBUG craze. I heard about them around Christmas time but they sounded kind of creepy for someone like me (creeped out by anything with more than 4 legs.) I wasn’t sure wha ...
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2-Hour Therapy May Cure Arachnophobia

Source: CBS 11 - Dallas/Fort Worth

A red-kneed spider rests on a zookeeper’s hand. (credit: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) NEW YORK (CBS NEWS) - Arachnophobia — or a fear of spiders — is one of the most common “specific phobias.” For some spider-phobes, their anxiety is so intense that they wo ...
Full article at: CBS 11 - Dallas/Fort Worth  More like this  2 days ago, 10:59am CDT

Therapy relives spider phobia in 2 hours

Source: Press TV

A Northwestern University study demonstrated that only a two- or three-hour exposure therapy session may significantly relive a lifelong fear of spiders which is one of the most common forms of phobia and anxiety disorder. Exposure therapy is a spe ...
Full article at: Press TV  More like this  3 days ago, 2:27am CDT

Scared of spiders? Quick therapy can help you overcome fears — and change your brain

Source: Chicago Tribune

The nervous college student was pacing the corridor, so scared of the caged spider at the end of the hall that he thought he would leave before the therapy session began. After about two hours of "exposure therapy," which inv ...
Full article at: Chicago Tribune  More like this  3 days ago, 1:44am CDT

Spider Phobia: Brain Scan Shows Cure in 1 Session

Source: MedicineNet

May 21, 2012 -- Before receiving treatment for her lifelong fear of spiders, one Chicago college student would flee her dorm for days if she merely suspected one's presence. She worried that her phobia would keep her fro ...
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