Taking breaks from a busy day at your desk is hard. But eventually, a grumbling stomach and heavy legs that feel like TV static looks are bound to forcibly eject you from your chair. After a walk and ...

Research suggests the biggest source of pain for children in the health care system is needles. One California doctor says the fear of needles is... Shots can be scary and painful for kids. One doctor ...

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 ...

EDMONTON – Alberta health officials say for the first time children will be able to get a seasonal flu vaccine through nasal spray instead of needles. Children between two and 17 are eligible for ...

One reason for vaccine reluctance is the fear many people have of needles. I am one of those people. I cringe at the idea of a needle being stabbed into my arm. I overcame that fear to get my shots ...

When the little girl was getting an injection, she initially looked puzzled, not knowing what was about to happen. When the first needle went in, she paused for a moment, and as soon as she felt the ...

One of my earliest memories from pediatric residency was physically restraining a crying, screaming, shaking child who needed a blood draw for cancer. I knew we were doing the right thing. But we were ...

Memphis guard Derrick Rose had a little bit of a freak-out after his team's destruction of Michigan State on Friday night. Someone told him he'd need stitches to close the cut over his eye, and -- ...