Lauren Neergaard

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  Too many tests? Routine checks getting second look

  By Lauren Neergaard  |  January 24, 2012

  It's not just cancer. Now some of the nuts-and-bolts tests given during checkups or hospital visits are getting a second look, too.

• Sebelius says no to over-the-counter morning-after pill

  By Lauren Neergaard  |  December 7, 2011

  In a surprise move with election-year implications, the Obama administration's top health official overruled her own drug regulators and stopped the Plan B morning-after pill from moving onto drugstore shelves next to the condoms.

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  Doctors don't mention childhood obesity

  By Lauren Neergaard  |  December 6, 2011

  Pediatricians are supposed to track if youngsters are putting on too many pounds — but a new study found less than a quarter of parents of overweight children recall the doctor ever saying there was a problem.