He also said, less plausibly, "I don't think we've ever heard that fear of needles was a reason".
He has a fear of needles, so his wife gives him his daily insulin injections, as he looks away.
Turns out it's not just a fear of needles that makes little kids cry; the shot really did smart.
For the study, Dr. Beran and her team recruited 57 boys and girls, ages 4 to 9, who had a moderate to severe fear of needles.
Those with a fear of needles can be grateful to MIT's Bioinstrumentation Lab, which has constructed this prototype hypospray, in which near-supersonic air is used to get drugs through the skin barrier.
Adding to a long list of things Ewing is not afraid of -- like Chicago and Michael Jordan, heights and tight spaces -- he does not have a fear of needles, either.
My GP had suggested acupuncture, so I threw my scepticism - and crippling fear of needles - to one side and booked four sessions with a British Acupuncture Council practitioner called Mike.
I read and reread all the words I had written about him over the years — his kidneys, his glucose, his hernia, his fear of needles — until my eyes were blurry with sadness.
There's a widespread fear of needles and testing.
"The big advantage is elimination of a considerable barrier--the fear of needles," says Gregory Poland, a vaccinologist at Mayo Medical School and Foundation in Rochester, Minnesota.
The attribute-levels include all other "needle-free" methods of drug administration to capture the preferences of patients who desire oral drug delivery and/or have a fear of needles.
