Can Smoking Pot Make You Thin? (VIDEO)
According to Harvard Medical researchers, marijuana may actually be in aid to weight loss, contrary to “the munchies” side-effect pot-smoking is famous for. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss.
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Female Viagra? New Drug Hopes to Increase Women’s Desire
Studies show up to 15 percent of women between the ages of 20 and 60 have a sexual desire disorder. TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie reports on the new drugs being developed to help women with sexual dysfunction and relationship experts Ian Kerner and Logan Levkoff discuss the pills, calling female sexuality “hugely complicated.” Visit NBCNews.com for […]
Who Owns Your Body? (VIDEO)
The U.S. Supreme Court is about to decide whether a private company can own a piece of our bodies in a pending case entitled Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics. Right now, a company called Myriad Genetics has a patent on two genes both closely associated with breast and ovarian cancer. The gene patents […]
Aimee Copeland Gets New Bionic Hands
A year after losing her hands and feet to a flesh-eating bacteria, Aimee Copeland is adjusting to life as the first woman to receive state-of-the-art prosthetic hands. She talks about how she’s coping with her losses and her hopes for the future. Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Angelina Jolie Undergoes Preventive Double Mastectomy (VIDEO)
Angelina Jolie is speaking out about her decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy after learning she carries the BRCA1 gene which increases the likelihood of developing breast cancer. She wrote in a New York Times op-ed: “My doctors estimated that I had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk […]