As the world stares down another seasonal “tripledemic,” health experts are calling on everyone — that is, everyone who’s eligible — to get vaccinated for influenza, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial ...

A health care tool for an overlooked public health problemFear of needles is one of health care’s most common, and most ignored, barriers.

According to the CDC, about one in four adults has a fear of needles. Many of those people say the phobia started when they were kids. For some... Want to stop needle phobia in adults? Make shots less ...

A fear of needles in a medical setting (often called trypanophobia when it’s more severe) is common and can make TRT injections feel intimidating, but understanding why it happens can make it easier ...

Virtual reality is one way to provide exposure therapy. Source: jeshoots/Unsplash Approximately 11 million to 66 million adults in the US may suffer from a fear or phobia of needles, or trypanophobia ...

Almost all new parents go through it: the distress of hearing their child scream at the doctor's office and the emotional torture of having to hold them down as the clinician sticks them with one ...

Approximately one in four adults has a fear of needles, according to the CDC. Many of those people say the phobia started when they were kids. Researchers developed a five step plan to prevent what ...

There I was, curled up like a shrimp on the cold floor of the Masonic Center of Colorado Springs. Not for an afternoon siesta, but because someone had dared siphon my blood for lab work. It wasn’t the ...

Trypa-what? Trypanophobia? If you've ever tried to search for "needle phobia" or "fear of shots," you've probably come across some very odd and confusing terms. But this condition is very real, and a ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about one in four adults has a fear of needles, which many say started when they were kids. For some people, the fear of needles is strong ...