Featured Guests:

Candace Pert, Ph.D

Candace Pert, Ph.D., is an internationally recognized pharmacologist who has published over 300 scientific articles on peptides and their receptors and the role of these neuropeptides in the immune system.  Her earliest work as a researcher involved the discovery of opiate receptors and the actions of receptors. She has an international reputation in the field of receptor pharmacology and chemical neuroanatomy.  Dr. Pert has lectured worldwide on these and other subjects, including her theories on emotions and mind-body communication.  Her popular book, “Molecules of Emotion, Why You Feel the Way You Feel,” (Scribner, September 1997) expounds on her research and theories.  She was featured in "Washingtonian" magazine (Dec. 2001) as one of Washington's fifty "Best and Brightest" individuals.  Her latest book, "Everything You Need to Know to Feel Go(o)d", describes the last year before the founding of RAPID Laboratories, Inc. which develops AIDS treatments and vaccines.  In the Fall 2009, she will release her latest audio track, a lecture/relaxation musical fusion of modern neuroscience and the Chakras entitled, “Healing the Hurt, Shining the Light.”  She recently appeared on the “Larry King Live” television show, episode:  “Change your Mind, Change your Life.”

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