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Health effects of marijuana use remain unclear

Twenty states and Washington D.C. allow medical marijuana, and parents are flocking to Colorado in hopes of strain that can cure children’s seizures. But as CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook and NYU psychiatrist Dr. Stephen Ross point out, much remains unknown about how the drug affects health. Source Read More »

Sprint is looking to merge with T-Mobile

Sprint’s Japanese owner said in interview with Charlie Rose that he wants to merge with T-Mobile. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son says the combined companies could then go head to head with giants AT&T and Verizon. Regulators have said reducing the number of major wireless carriers would cut competition, but Son argues it would create a price war. Jill Wagner has ... Read More »

Antibiotics overuse linked to weight gain, new book says

There is new concern over another possible effect of antibiotics: obesity. Dr. Martin Blaser talks to the “CBS This Morning” co-hosts about the link. Blaser is the director of the human micro-biome program at the New York University School of Medicine, and author of the upcoming book, “Missing Microbes: How the Overuse of Antibiotics is Fueling our Modern Plagues.” Source Read More »

Billionaires Redstone and Milken donate $80 million to prevent chronic diseases

Viacom and CBS Corp. executive chairman Sumner Redstone and healthcare philanthropist Michael Milken have bonded over a shared cancer diagnosis. CBS News’ Charlie Rose sat down with Redstone and Milken to discuss their $80 million donation to George Washington University to target preventative medicine for chronic conditions like diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Source Read More »