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CNN.com – Health: Love is the drug

February 14, 2006 By Deborah

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I thought this would be the perfect article on Valentine’s day.
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People all over the world describe falling in love in similar terms: euphoria, exhilaration, elation. Anthropologist Helen Fisher, author of “Why We Love,” studied the brain circuitry that makes falling in love the intense, passionate emotion it is. She found that the brain sees romantic love as a reward, stimulating activity in the same areas that light up when a person seeks any kind of a reward, whether it’s chocolate, money or drugs….

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Debbie is a board certified family nurse practitioner with an emphasis on women's health. During the past 22 years she has worked in women's health and family practice with a focus on the integration of conventional and alternative therapies.

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