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In step with the Facilities for Illness Keep watch over and Prevention, about one in 4 adults has a terror of needles, which many say began once they have been children. For some folks, the worry of needles is robust sufficient that they steer clear of getting essential remedies, vaccines or assessments. That may pose a significant issue for public well being.

Researchers have helped increase a 5 step plan to lend a hand save you what they name “pointless ache” for children getting injections or their blood drawn. Visitor host Tom Dreisbach talks with Dr. Stefan Friedrichsdorf of UCSF Benioff Youngsters’s Hospitals, who works with a group to enforce the plan at his personal health facility.

Friedrichsdorf instructed Brief Wave that probably the most maximum essential analysis to get rid of ache comes from Canadian researchers. Be informed extra about their paintings right here.

This episode used to be impressed by way of the reporting of our colleague April Dembosky, a journalist at member station KQED and KFF Well being Information. Learn her virtual tale right here.

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This episode used to be produced by way of Margaret Cirino. It used to be edited by way of our showrunner Rebecca Ramirez, who additionally checked the details. Kwesi Lee used to be the audio engineer.