Rescue Mission graduates begin new life
A second chance for four men in Springfield; they found strength to overcome addiction through the Springfield Rescue Mission . Full story
Overcoming food addictions
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski and a Morning Joe panel discuss how people can successfully overcome their addictions to fat, sugar and salt. Brzezinski talks about her new book, “Obsessed,” which tackles the food addiction problem.
Spit-cleaning pacifiers may help prevent asthma
The TODAY anchors chat about the hot topics of the day, including a new study from Sweden suggesting that by sucking your child’s pacifier clean and giving it back to them, you could help them avoid eczema and asthma.
Brzezinski: I would eat Haagen Dazs, Entenmann's cookies alone
Morning Joe kicks off the release of "Obsessed," Mika Brzezinski's new book on food obession, with a discussion of her reasons for writing the book.
Mika Brzezinski reveals food addiction struggles
In a new book about America’s obsession with food, the co-host of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” is opening up for the first time about her own struggles with eating disorders. She talks about what inspired the book, “Obsessed: America’s Food Addiction – and My Own.”
Why Charlie Munger Thinks HFT Is 'Basically Evil'
Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway vice chairman, shares his insights on the markets, and explains why he thinks bankers "are like heroin addicts,' and high frequency trading is "legalized front running," with CNBC's Becky Quick.
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Father of recovering addict challenges everything about addiction
While helping his son battle addiction, David Sheff explains to The Cycle hosts that when it comes to how we view and treat drug addiction, we’re stuck in the past.
‘Friday Night Lights’ author in rehab for shopping
Buzz Bissinger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of “Friday Night Lights,” admits in a new article for GQ magazine that he has a shopping addiction that has cost him nearly half a million dollars. NBC’s Matt Lauer reports and addiction expert Brad Lamm discusses shopping addiction.
Combating American addiction to sweets, salt, and fat
Investigative reporter Michael Moss joins Alex Wagner to go inside the laboratories where scientists calculate the combinations to get people addicted to junk food.
Potato chips, the 'moment of delight' and gov't. regulation of food
Which food contributes most to American obesity? Why does the food industry hate the word addiction? Author Michael Moss joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book "Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us."
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