tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1841603529322049235.post-80495970347317392172007-07-10T21:56:00.000-07:002007-07-10T21:57:03.085-07:00I hope you didn't miss todays (07/10/07) great interview with Dr. Volkow on NPR (Fresh Air) entitled "No,really, this is your brain on drugs."<br />Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, ranks as one of the U.S.'s leading addiction researchers. She's helped demonstrate that addiction is in fact a disease — a disease of the brain — and that all addictions, whether it's to drugs, alcohol, tobacco, sex, gambling or even food, are more alike than was previously thought.Volkow, who's the great-granddaughter of Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky, grew up in Mexico City — in the house where her famous ancestor was assassinated.<br />Very informative and fascinating.<br />A MUST for anybody who is interested in addiction and want to draw others towards other profession.<br /><br />LINK: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=11847222<br /><br />Yours<br /><br />BerndBernd Wollschlaeger,MD,FAAFP,FASAMinfo@miamihealth.com