Living with Alzheimer's & The New Face of Heroin

Kathryn interviews award-winning investigative reporter Greg O'Brien, author of "On Pluto: Inside the Mind of Alzheimer's". Without a cure, Alzheimer's is expected to exceed heart disease and cancer as the leading cause of death in the next 15 years. Diagnosed at 59 with Early-Onset Alzheimer's, O'Brien has written an illuminating, naked and honest account of living with the disease, not dying with it. In his memoir, On Pluto he speaks candidly about what it's like to lose your mind and to see slices of your identity slipping away. brbr Kathryn also interviews Alex Zaphiris MD, MS, creator of RecoverySuperstar.com. Drug overdoses have tripled in the U.S. over the past three. The new face of heroin addiction is young, white and suburban with 75% of users saying they first started not with heroin but with prescription opioids like OxyContin. Dr. Zaphiris specializes in opiate recovery and uses a neuroscience approach to working with drug addicts through her program Recovery Superstar.