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High court weighs drug companies' generics policy
The Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case pitting the government against drug makers over the practice of paying to delay the release of much cheaper generic drugs.
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Leukemia clinical trial proves successful in some patients
A bit of good news is out in the fight against cancer: a clinical trial has proved to send some cancer patients’ Leukemia into remission.
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CVS health care: Employees must submit vital information, or pay fine
How would you feel if your employer asked you to log in vital, health information? What about if they fined you if you refused?
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"Love Your Butt" campaign for colon cancer awareness month
Michael Sapienza, Executive Director for the Chris4Life Colon Cancer Foundation stopped by the NewsChannel 8 studios Tuesday to talk about
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Other people who had contact sought in rabies case
Public and military health officials say they're trying to identify people in at least five states who had close contact with an organ donor who died of rabies or with the organ recipients because they might require treatment.
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Study: Popular swine flu vaccine linked to narcolepsy
Two young girls both have a frightening disease that strikes without warning: narcolepsy. The neurological disorder causes its victim to become drowsy and then suddenly fall asleep.
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Kraft’s Mac & Cheese under fire for use of dyes
We all likely had it as children (or sometimes as adults). But, now, Kraft’s Mac & Cheese is under fire for the use of certain dyes in their mac & cheese.
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Jury awards damages in Johnson & Johnson hip case
Jurors on Friday awarded the damages in 65-year-old Loren Kransky's negligence and defective design suit against the giant health care company and its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary.
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Whitman-Walker Health Clinic offers free HIV testing
Ahead of Sunday’s National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Whitman-Walker Health Clinic will be offering free HIV testing Friday.
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Study: Too much salt is killing one in 10 Americans
The death of more than 2 million cardiovascular deaths worldwide were linked to excessive salt intake, the study says, and one in 10 Americans are dying from eating too much sodium.
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Influential pediatricians group backs gay marriage
The nation's most influential pediatrician's group says research shows that parents' sexual orientation has no effect on a child's development and that kids fare just as well in financially and emotionally stable straight or same-sex families.
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Report: Fairfax is Virginia's healthiest area
Counties and municipalities in northern Virginia tend to be healthier than their counterparts in the southern part of the state, according to a report released Wednesday.
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You might not want to rush into knee surgery
Physical therapy can be just as good for a common injury and at far less cost and risk, the most rigorous study to compare these treatments concludes.
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'Supermosquitoes' may plague Florida this summer
With sunshine comes warm weather and happier dispositions, usually, but they also sometimes bring something a bit peskier—mosquitoes.
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Calorie information for restaurant, vending machine foods delayed
Diners will have to wait a little longer to find calorie counts on most restaurant chain menus, in supermarkets and on vending machines.
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Will ACA's "age rating band" cause young people to drop coverage?
Ethridge interview March 7, 2013
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Congressional seafood offers code for fish
In an era of horse tacos and suspect seafood, Jon Pearlman is working to bring honesty to the table--with fish.
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Baby born with HIV apparently cured, scientists say
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2 1/2 and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.
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