Lauran Neergaard

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Geography affects what drugs seniors prescribed

Geography affects what drugs seniors prescribed

Lauran Neergaard · October 15, 2013 8:58 pm

FILE - This Feb. 5, 1930, file photo shows former President and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Howard Taft in his judicial robes. History buffs know Taft is the only president-turned-Supreme Court chief justice, but he's also remembered as the president whose weight, at times well over 300 pounds, made headlines. But in the early 1900s, way before Weight Watchers, the nation's 27th president was helping to usher in a modern approach to treating obesity according to a report released Monday, Oct. 14, 2013, in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. (AP Photo/Files)

Portly Taft helped usher in modern obesity care

Lauran Neergaard · October 15, 2013 6:11 am

NIH admits a dozen critically ill despite shutdown

NIH admits a dozen critically ill despite shutdown

Lauran Neergaard · October 9, 2013 9:53 pm

Studies test how early in life to peek inside DNA

Lauran Neergaard · October 7, 2013 4:19 pm

Caution urged on postpartum link to car chase

Caution urged on postpartum link to car chase

Lauran Neergaard · October 4, 2013 9:20 pm

Cuts block some seeking NIH research treatment

Cuts block some seeking NIH research treatment

Lauran Neergaard · October 1, 2013 7:55 pm

FILE - This Oct. 17, 2012 file photo shows a flu shot administered in Jackson, Miss. More children than ever got vaccinated against the flu last year, and health officials are urging families to do even better this time around. A severe flu strain swept the country last winter, sparking a scramble for last-minute vaccinations. There's no way to predict if this year will be as bad. But protection requires a yearly vaccine, either a shot or nasal spray. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it's time for people to start getting immunized. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

More kids protected from flu; CDC says keep it up

Lauran Neergaard · September 26, 2013 1:14 pm

Report: Environmental chemicals a pregnancy risk

Report: Environmental chemicals a pregnancy risk

Lauran Neergaard · September 23, 2013 6:03 pm

Retired physician David Hilfiker, of Washington, leaves the National Press Club on his bike after talking about his life with Aalzheimer's in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. Hilfiker, was diagnosed in September 2012, and has been writing about the experience of losing his mental capacity in his blog "Watching the Lights Go Out." Nearly half of all seniors who need some form of long-term care, from help at home to full-time care in a facility, have dementia, the World Alzheimer Report said Thursday. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rising Alzheimer’s creates strain on caregivers

Lauran Neergaard · September 20, 2013 9:08 am

In this image provided by Duke University, lab research analyst Marshall Nichols does research relating to a new blood test on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, in Durham, N.C. Duke University researchers are developing a blood test to more easily tell when a respiratory illness is due to a virus and not a bacterial infection, hoping to cut the dangerous overuse of antibiotics and speed the right diagnosis. (AP Photo/Duke Medicine, Shawn Rocco)

New test aims to better detect viral infections

Lauran Neergaard · September 18, 2013 9:12 pm

Study suggests early signs of MS in spinal fluid

Study suggests early signs of MS in spinal fluid

Lauran Neergaard · September 10, 2013 9:01 pm

This undated handout photo provided by UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center shows Dr. Patricia Ganz of the University of California, Los Angeles, who chaired an Institute of Medicine panel that found the U.S. is facing a crisis in how to deliver cancer care, as the population ages and treatment becomes increasingly complex. The U.S. is facing a crisis in cancer care even though scientists know more than ever about the best ways to battle it. The Institute of Medicine finds a trio of threats: The baby boomers are reaching their cancer-prone years as treatment becomes increasingly unaffordable and so complex their doctors have a hard time keeping up. (AP Photo/ UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center)

Report finds aging US faces crisis in cancer care

Lauran Neergaard · September 10, 2013 6:22 pm