A pediatrician recommends helping your child cope with getting vaccines by employing “The Three P’s” – Preparation, Proximity and Praise.
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Free doughnuts and lotteries may drive some people to get their COVID-19 vaccine. But for those who are afraid of needles, other interventions may be necessary.
Most shots work best when inserted into muscle. The shoulder muscle known as the deltoid works best.
Our well-meaning efforts to use images to help demystify the vaccination process or share our pride in getting a COVID vaccine can backfire.
These strategies for easing needle pain and fear make vaccinations and other injections easier for parents and children. They are simple and helpful for all ages, from infants to adults.
If their social media accounts were anything to go by, celebrities can’t get enough of vitamin and mineral infusions, or vitamin drips. Now therapy lounges are popping up for everyone else to try.
By getting young women hooked before they’ve even formed wrinkles, Botox peddlers have realized they can enlist them in a lifetime of treatment.
Irrational prescriptions are a major global health problem. The World Health Organisation estimates that more than half of all medicines are inappropriately prescribed, dispensed or sold.
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Associate professor, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, Newcastle University
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Faculty member at the Centre for Primary Health and Public Health, Queen Mary University of London
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Research Fellow at Monash University, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Louisiana State University
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Dietitian, Researcher & Lecturer, Southern Cross University
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Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
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Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Augusta University
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Associate Professor of Nursing, Purdue University
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Assistant Professor and Psychologist in Pediatric Pain, University of Calgary
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Residency Program, Morehouse School of Medicine
