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By Amy Baxter, MD, CEO of MMJ Labs and inventor of Buzzy® Drug Free Pain Relief  |  Apr 10, 2014

Nine Ways You Can Reduce the Pain and Fear of Needing a Needle

This is the second installment in a two-part series on what’s working to prevent and address needle fear. To learn more about needle phobia and what health care providers are doing, check out Part I: “A Shot of Courage for Those Who Fear Needles”. Click to view Amy Baxter’s TED talk…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
By Jamie Elizabeth Rosen, Editor, Real World Health Care  |  Feb 28, 2014

A Shot of Courage for Those Who Fear Needles

This is the first of a two-part series on what’s working to prevent and address needle fear. Most people don’t enjoy shots. But for those with needle phobia, the fear of shots can be so severe that they actively avoid medical procedures involving injections, and in extreme cases avoid medical…more.

Categories: General, Prevention/Patient-Centered Care
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