Celebrity pot entrepreneurs

From fashion to fragrance, celebrity sells. And with marijuana sales expected to reach $8-10 billion by the end of this year – and projected to double to $20 billion by 2022 – more celebs are investing money and lending their names to get a foothold in this growing market. Ben Tracy talks with Tommy Chong (who helped invent the stoner comedy genre), who's put his name to Chong's Choice marijuana, on sale in six states; and with Melissa Etheridge, whose experience with marijuana to relieve the effects of cancer chemotherapy has inspired her to build a farm for medical marijuana products.

• May 27, 2018
• 06:44

Impact of "Murphy Brown" on breast cancer screenings

In this web exclusive, star and executive producer Candice Bergen and series creator Diane English talk with correspondent Lee Cowan about the impact their comedy "Murphy Brown" had when its lead character faced breast cancer.

• Sep 23, 2018
• 00:43

Roger Daltrey of The Who: Rock legend, cancer warrior

"You'll never make anything of your life, Daltrey": Those words by the school principal who expelled Roger Daltrey for misbehavior at age 15 resonated enough to fuel the young man to one of rock's most prestigious careers: Front man of The Who, star of "Tommy" and "Quadrophenia," "mod" fashion icon, and cancer warrior. He talks with Jim Axelrod about his new memoir, "Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite," and about his 30-year mission of aiding hospital wards to deal with teenage cancer patients.

• Nov 11, 2018
• 07:24

From 2013: One small step in the fight against pediatric cancer

Three-year-old Edie Gilger, of Lynchburg, Va., is more familiar with a doctor's bag than any kid should be: at six months old, doctors said she had stage four neuroblastoma. But Edie's progress in fighting cancer owes much to advanced research, and to another little girl with cancer named Alex Scott, who raised money for research by selling lemonade. Tracy Smith reports on the legacy of the Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation. (Originally broadcast on June 2, 2013.)

• Jan 27, 2019
• 09:04

"Veep" returns

The HBO comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the one-time Veep and accidental president enters its seventh and final season, and if there is one lesson to take from the hit show, it's that in comedy, as in life, nothing good ever comes easy. Tracy Smith talks with Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Timothy Simons, Anna Chlumsky, show runner David Mandel and executive producer Frank Rich about going the extra mile for laughs, even in the midst of the star's successful battle with breast cancer.

• Mar 17, 2019
• 09:24

Firefighters battle a fearsome occupational hazard: Cancer

Since 2002, almost two out of every three firefighters who died on the job died of cancer, as smoke from today's fires produces an ever-more toxic brew of chemicals. But many first responders diagnosed with cancer are being denied workers' comp benefits. Tony Dokoupil talks with firefighters who are battling more than just flames.

• Jun 16, 2019
• 10:21

The view through Quinn's window

Three-year-old Quinn Waters' natural immunity was temporarily wiped out after he got a stem cell transplant to treat his brain cancer. As a precaution, he isn't allowed outside his Weymouth, Massachusetts house, and no one is allowed inside to visit. But that hasn't stopped the world from beating a path to his window. Steve Hartman reports.

• Aug 25, 2019
• 02:38

Passage: Valerie Harper

"Sunday Morning" looks back at the life and career of actress Valerie Harper, who earned four Emmys as Rhoda Morgenstern in the sitcoms "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and "Rhoda." Harper died Friday at the age of 80. Lee Cowan reports.

• Sep 1, 2019
• 02:43

This Year at Murrieta

Can distilled water and lemon juice help cure cancer? That was one of the outrageous claims peddled by a California health spa selling "miracle cures" to the sick and elderly. With a 60 Minutes soundman posing as a wealthy leukemia sufferer, Wallace's team exposes the clinic and its staff.

• Jan 1, 1978
• 19:52

Jeffrey Wigand, Ph.D. (2 parts)

Mike Wallace interviews Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, former director of research for the Brown & Williamson Tobacco Company, in this two-part investigation. Wigand claims that B&W knowingly hid evidence that nicotine was addictive and smoking could cause cancer and other diseases.

• Feb 4, 1996
• 29:50

FDA grants breakthrough status to Duke cancer therapy

Scott Pelley follows patients in a clinical trial of a new cancer therapy with results promising enough to make the treatment a breakthrough.

• May 15, 2016
• 12:32

FDA grants breakthrough status to Duke cancer therapy

Scott Pelley continues his report on the Duke clinical trail of a new cancer therapy. Discoveries take Duke researchers in a direction they never imagined.

• May 15, 2016
• 14:39

Make-A-Wish

Bill Whitaker meets some of the people behind the popular organization that grants the wishes of seriously ill children.

• Dec 31, 2017
• 14:03

McCain: "We're getting nothing done"

Not long after his cancer diagnosis, John McCain excoriated his fellow senators for not working across the aisle. "We're getting nothing done," he said.

• Aug 26, 2018
• 01:25

Using psychedelics to overcome anxiety

Most of the 51 cancer patients in a Johns Hopkins study saw their depression and anxiety decrease after their psilocybin experience. Kerry Pappas was one of those patients

• Oct 13, 2019
• 01:13

Exercise, diet may help in cancer battle

Exercise can improve survival rates in colon cancer patients, according to a new study by the New England Journal of Medicine. Another study by the American Society of Clinical Oncology suggests that melanoma patients on high-fiber diets responded better to treatments. Dr. Jennifer McQuade, a melanoma medical oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center, joins "CBS Morning News" to break down the studies.

• Jun 3
• 04:25

Stanford professor turns his terminal cancer diagnosis into a class

Dr. Bryant Lin, who has stage 4 lung cancer, created a Stanford class that follows his journey, offering students an unfiltered look at what it means to live through terminal illness.

• Jun 2

Colon cancer survival rates improved with exercise, study finds

Colon cancer​ patients saw improved survival rates after a 3-year exercise program, according to a first-of-its-kind international experiment.

• Jun 2

Democrats react to Biden health claims

Former President Joe Biden gave his first public remarks since his office revealed his prostate cancer diagnosis earlier in May. Speaking with reporters after, he dismissed allegations of a cover-up of any sort of decline in his physical and cognitive health while in office. Politico senior national politics correspondent Adam Wren has more.

• May 30
• 05:55

New study released on breast cancer research

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, consistent breast cancer screenings such as mammograms can reduce deaths by 26%. A new study compared various types of scans on dense breasts and found that mammography enhanced with iodine-based dye can detect three times as many invasive cancers. Dr. Fiona J. Gilbert joins "The Daily Report" to discuss her study.

• May 27
• 05:13

Is pollution from the steel industry behind cancer rates in Gary?

Doctors, environmental groups and residents are trying to determine if there is a causal connection between pollutants from the steel industry and rates of cancer in Gary.

• May 27

Planned Parenthood affiliate to close 4 Minnesota clinics, 4 in Iowa

A Midwestern affiliate of Planned Parenthood says it will close four of its clinics in Minnesota and four of six in Iowa within a year.

• May 24

Could weight loss drugs help prevent cancer? Here's what a new study found.

Researchers found GLP-1s may modestly reduce the risk of 14 obesity-related cancers, especially colorectal cancer, when compared to a weight-neutral medication used to treat diabetes.

• May 22

Alcohol-related cancer deaths doubled from 1990 to 2021, study finds

Alcohol is a known risk factor for cancer, and new research is showing just how much it has impacted death rates in the past three decades.

• May 22

Biden's last prostate cancer blood test was in 2014, spokesperson says

Former President Joe Biden — who was diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer — got his last blood test for the cancer over a decade ago.

• May 20

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