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While promising, the results are too preliminary to warrant a sea change in current treatments, the study authors said.

"At this point, we need more clinical studies to know if cortisol is suited for the treatment of phobias," said Dr.

Dominique de Quervain, senior author of the paper and a research professor in the division of psychiatry research at the University of Zurich.

The paper appears in this week's issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Scientists have known that different phobias spur the release of cortisol in the brain.

But it has been unclear if the hormone could influence the fear response as well.

Cortisol, which is a glucocorticoid, has also been shown to interfere with the retrieval of emotionally charged memories, suggesting it might block memory recall, thereby lessening ba href=/anxiety/a/b.Page: 1 Next Copyright © 2006 ScoutNews LLC.

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...ba href=/anxiety/a/b ahead of expected talks between the United States and neighbouring Iran over the continuing deadly violence in Iraq.

The 18th Arab Summit began here yesterday in the presence of kings, emirs and presidents of Arab countries or their representatives.

On behalf of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said, His Highness Sayyid Fahd bin Mahmoud Al Said, deputy prime minister for the Council of Ministers, is leading the Sultanate’s delegation to the summit.

Meanwhile, the leaders reached a deal yesterday to provide funding for cash-strapped African Union troops in the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh told reporters.

He said they also agreed at their summit in Khartoum to strengthen the AU force by providing troops from Arab states.

The move came after summit host Sudan appealed for the Arab League help to strengthen the AU force and back its rejection of plans by the UN Security Council to send peacekeepers to Darfur.

The three-year conflict in Darfur and a devastating humanitarian crisis has left up to 300,000 people dead and an estimated 2.4 million displaced but Sudan has long been opposed to a wider international role in the region.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Nasser Al Qidwa confirmed that an agreement had been reached to “finance the AU troops for a period of six months” or until the end of its current mission which was renewed in March.

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