Jabbing a steel needle into your flesh is not ever going to be fun, per se, but scientists have found a way to make it at least hurt a lot less. The trick is actually fooling your nerve cells with a small device that applies pressure and vibration. Here’s how…
Inserting an IV is as common a medical procedure as stitching up a wound, but finding a vein through trial and error means it can still be painful for a patient. And researchers at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem want to change that with a handheld robotic device that uses…
If you’re one of the hardcore of hospital-goers who chooses to watch while hypodermics are shoved into your arm, here’s some news that might make you reconsider: the act of watching an injection actually makes it more painful.