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We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. The average pain scores were 0.79 and 0.49 in the 33- ...

No one likes getting pricked with a needle, but new bio-inspired microneedle—featuring protruding barbs found in certain stinging creatures in the animal kingdom—could at least make the unpleasant ...

The coming of winter means cooler temperatures, shorter days and flu shots. While no one looks forward to a vaccination, a study led by the University of California, Irvine, has found that either a ...

Researchers in the Netherlands are developing "virtually painless" injections without needles in what they hope is a breakthrough that will ease fear and encourage vaccinations. The "Bubble Gun" uses ...

Patients with type 1 diabetes can possibly replace daily injections with an oral insulin pill that will deliver the drug straight to the gut. An MIT-led team of researchers developed a capsule about ...

November is American Diabetes Month, and more than 23 million Americans live with diabetes. Many give themselves daily insulin shots to treat and manage their disease; But some find the injections ...

A pill that could replace conventional injections has passed its first tests in people with flying colours, according to the company developing it. “It’s completely pain-free,” says Mir Imran, the ...

Epidural glucocorticoid injection is an intervention commonly used for managing lumbosacral radicular pain. The goal of the injection is to administer glucocorticoids to the epidural space to reduce ...

Looking away while you're getting an injection really does make it hurt less, a new study from Germany suggests. Study participants who received a mild electric shock on their hand rated their pain as ...

The NanoPump is a tiny silicon array on the skin in which dozens or hundreds of tiny, hollow pyramids, are set, barely detectable by the naked eye.Diabetes patients have long been required to ...

Subcutaneous (subQ or SQ) injections are shots given in the fatty tissue layer (subcutaneous fat) under your skin. Your skin has many layers, and the subcutaneous layer is beneath the epidermis and ...