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How I Overcame My Fear of Needles

Lisa Jackson | Posted 03.26.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Therapy, Fear, Lifestyle, Needles, Fear of Needles, Health, Psychology, Self-Improvement, Injection, Phobias, Self-Help, Canada Living News
Lisa Jackson

When I was nine, I had a bad experience while in the hospital with scarlet fever. A nurse restrained me and abruptly poked a needle into my arm, inflicting a pain that felt worse than a bee sting. I avoided having blood taken for the next 20 years, even if it meant risking my health.

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The Unvaccination Movement: Should Your Child Join?

Yummy Mummy Club | Posted 12.01.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: The Lancet, Shots, Whooping Cough, Polio, Needles, Vaccines and Autism, Autism, Vaccinations, Immunization, Vaccines, Poll, Canada Living News
Yummy Mummy Club

It used to be that modern medicine was a thing to be venerated, a doctor's words regarded like golden nectar of wisdom. Now, not so much. Once upon a time vaccinations were seen as miracles in a needle, warding off potentially life-threatening illnesses. In the States, the unvaccinating movement has turned epidemic, with as many as one in 10 parents refusing to vaccinate their children.

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