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Rehabilitation care for civilian blast victims differs from military victims

More than 200 victims of the Boston Marathon bombings are healing from injuries sustained in the blast. Several of those victims are working to re-build their lives with the loss of a limb.

Tags: boston bombings, Boston Marathon, rehabilitation, Walter Reed, Seth Messinger, Dr. Paul Pesquina

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RXTimerCap aims to save lives, health care costs

One man claims that changing something as simple as the top of a medicine bottle will result in hundreds of billions of dollars in health care savings.

Tags: del walters, RXTimerCap,

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Fairfax supervisors want workers to kick the habit

Fairfax County is debating policies that would encourage county employees to stop smoking in an effort to improve workers' health and reduce health care costs.

Tags: Gerry Hyland, Sharon Bulova, smoking, Affordable Care Act, hank silverberg

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Help Remedies curing everything from colds to love lives

Instead of reaching for Tylenol or Motrin to cure your next migraine, the drug "Help, I have a headache" may just do the trick. The medication is one of the products offered by Help Remedies, a start-up company from New York City that aims to make over-the-counter health care simpler for consumers.

Tags: medication, drugs, Headaches, advertising, Madeline Tallman

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Amerigroup sells Virginia health plan to Inova

Amerigroup Corp. says it has completed the sale of its Virginia operations to health care provider Inova Health System Foundation.

Tags: Amerigroup, Invoa

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Study finds new doctors add to rising health care costs

A study published in this month's Health Affairs found that care provided by less-experienced doctors can cost up to 13 percent more than treatment from their more experienced colleagues.

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Plans for St. Elizabeths pavilion unveiled

District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has unveiled plans for a new pavilion on the campus of St. Elizabeths Hospital in southeast Washington.

Tags: mentally ill

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Americans spending more on prescription drugs

Americans are spending more on prescription drugs, despite the increasing availability of generics.

Tags: Paula Wolfson, prescriptions, IMS Health, consumer reports

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O'Malley praises court ruling on health care

Gov. Martin O'Malley and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown said Thursday the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold nearly all of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul gives considerable momentum to reform efforts in Maryland.

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Virginia AG sees bright side in health care ruling

Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that while he would have preferred to see the U.S. Supreme Court strike down President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, he found a lot to like in the 5-4 decision upholding it.

Tags: Bob McDonnell,

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