Lauran Neergaard

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Waits for doctors can vary widely outside the VA

Lauran Neergaard · June 13, 2014 5:35 pm

Peter Bristol of Wakefield, R.I. leaves Butler Hospital in Providence, R.I., after receiving an intravenous infusion, Monday, June 9, 2014. Bristol is part of a major study that got under way Monday to see if an experimental drug could protect outwardly healthy seniors whose brains harbor silent signs that they're at risk for Alzheimer's disease. In one of the most ambitious attempts yet to thwart Alzheimer's disease, a major study got under way Monday to see if an experimental drug can protect healthy seniors whose brains harbor silent signs that they're at risk. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Healthy seniors tested in bid to block Alzheimer’s

Lauran Neergaard · June 10, 2014 11:18 am

Colon cancer screening said to help after age 75

Colon cancer screening said to help after age 75

Lauran Neergaard · June 3, 2014 5:29 am

FILE - This March 29, 2014 file photo shows University of Florida neurobiologist Leonid Moroz pulling a net from the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida, to examine invertebrate species headed for his unique floating laboratory. New research with mysterious sea creatures called comb jellies suggests nature created more than one way to a nervous system. (AP Photo/Lauran Neergaard, File)

Energy and Environment

‘Aliens of sea’ provide new insight into evolution

Lauran Neergaard · May 21, 2014 8:04 pm

Study: Bacteria live even in healthy placentas

Study: Bacteria live even in healthy placentas

Lauran Neergaard · May 21, 2014 6:01 pm

Scientists urge delay in destroying last smallpox

Scientists urge delay in destroying last smallpox

Lauran Neergaard · May 1, 2014 9:21 pm

Experiment grows new muscle in men’s injured legs

Lauran Neergaard · May 1, 2014 8:28 am

Study: Gene therapy may boost cochlear implants

Study: Gene therapy may boost cochlear implants

Lauran Neergaard · April 23, 2014 7:20 pm

Researchers using math to whittle away at jet lag

Researchers using math to whittle away at jet lag

Lauran Neergaard · April 10, 2014 9:19 pm

This photo taken Nov. 25, 2013 shows microbiologist Dr. Molly Freeman pulling Listeria bacteria from a tube to be tested for its DNA fingerprinting in a foodborne disease outbreak lab at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The nation's disease detectives are beginning a program to try to outsmart outbreaks by routinely decoding the DNA of deadly bacteria and viruses. The initial target: Listeria, a kind of bacteria that's the third-leading cause of death from food poisoning, and one that's especially dangerous to pregnant women. Already, the technology has helped to solve a small listeria outbreak that killed one person in California and sickened seven others in Maryland.(AP Photo/David Goldman)

Experts decode germs’ DNA to fight food poisoning

Lauran Neergaard · April 7, 2014 6:39 am

Retirees help caregivers cope with hospital stays

Lauran Neergaard · March 31, 2014 3:01 am

Report: Labor in tub OK but water births unproven

Report: Labor in tub OK but water births unproven

Lauran Neergaard · March 20, 2014 12:04 am