Local lawmakers have the right to refuse -- but businesses, poor residents and political careers may suffer as a result.
Johnson & Johnson's popular pain reliever has been found to reduce 'existential angst' -- that is, if you're watching 'Eraserhead' or pondering prostitutes' bail amounts.
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A proposal to raise the federal cigarette tax would increase the per-pack rate to $1.95. Too expensive for you?
One early estimate puts the price for mending the people hurt in the marathon attack at more than $9 million.
With only one dispensary for the entire state, patients must wait up to seven months for relief. That could soon change.
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When physicians are aware of laboratory pricing, they order fewer diagnostic tests and seek less expensive alternatives, says a new study.
They're grappling with whether to continue offering employee health insurance -- and many are saying they won't.
Newly minted doctors are graduating with record levels of debt, including the son of Fed chief Ben Bernanke.
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