The M.D.: Do kids need a needle test for cholesterol levels?

Saturday, February 27, 2010 - 15:07 in Health & Medicine

Doctors are divided on subjecting some young patients to lipid profiles. But they may be useful. My children hate needles — in that dread-filled way of kids who have been stuck once too often — and getting them to the doctor for shots or a blood test can be quite an ordeal. They never downright refuse to go, but there's always plenty of...

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