It was originally created to treat high blood pressure. I'm Tom Britt. Levin says it's exciting that a drug found effective in treating one addiction may also be used to treat others. So now that we have this kind of proof of principle, then we can go in and explore this avenue. Tom Britt has more.
Some people cope with stress at work by throwing themselves even harder into their jobs.
Gary Bennett, Jr. is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Duke University Medical Center, and the co-author of the study. We're really looking at coping as opposed to just looking at stress, where stress equals lots of bad health outcomes. We're looking at how coping with stress leads to negative health outcomes. Bennett says he is already beginning another study to look at how control-oriented women cope with stress in the workplace. I'm Tom Britt.