Many people are frightened of needles because they have learned to associate discomfort with immunizations or blood draws. In fact, fear of needles affects the majority of children under 11, 20 to 50 ...

A fear of injections can affect an individual’s health and prevent them from getting important vaccinations. Counseling and other therapies may help a person manage or overcome trypanophobia.

“Can’t wait to get a shot,” said no one ever. In fact, having a fear of needles is very common. So much so that research shows about 2 in 3 children and as many as 1 in 4 adults experience a phobia of ...

Any new parent has been through it: The distress of seeing your child scream at the doctor’s office. The torture of having to hold them down as the clinician sticks them with one vaccine after another ...

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

As a fourth-year medical student at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, Amanda Walker knows that vaccinations are both safe and essential. Getting one, however, is still an ordeal for Walker, ...

As celeb facelift speculation mounts, one writer trials a treatment promising to re-energise your complexion - with a ...

A trip to the doctor’s office comes with a bit of preparation for most, maybe even an internal pep talk to prepare for being told to get more exercise or calm a simmering fear of needles. But dressing ...

On the next episode of “Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out,” a woman afraid of needles needs two doctors for her treatment. “Dr. Pimple Popper: Breaking Out” airs at 9 p.m. Monday, June 9, on Lifetime.