A learning disabilities nurse has broken down barriers to help a patient overcome a severe needle phobia. Natty is 19 and has ...

Advancing healthcare, needle-free diagnostics employ wearable biosensors for noninvasive testing, ensuring rapid results and broader access to care.

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

A few months after sending an untitled letter to ARS Pharmaceuticals, taking issue with certain aspects of a TV commercial about its epinephrine nasal spray, the FDA is reiterating its concerns about ...

Some 10% of people shy away from medical attention because they have a severe fear of needles, and nobody likes getting poked ...

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 ...

By Dr Vasilios Silivistris Phobias (from the Greek fovos, meaning fear) are intense, irrational fears of objects or ...

A major new study published in The Lancet has found no evidence linking Tylenol (acetaminophen) use during pregnancy to ...

Millions take statins like atorvastatin to lower LDL cholesterol, but doctors warn that persistent muscle pain should never ...

For many patients, the needle itself becomes a psychological barrier between insulin and effective treatment. Although modern insulin needles are very small and cause minimal discomfort, anxiety ...