Pediatric medicine is more often than not a “calling” — the result of a personal commitment to reduce suffering in our children. This mission-oriented sense of purpose exists at odds with the economic ...

A virtual reality intervention designed to distract children undergoing a blood draw significantly improved pain and anxiety, highlighting the possibility for virtual reality interventions for other ...

The practice of drawing blood has changed very little over the decades. It looks about the same now as it did 50 years ago. That process, however, may be about to get a modern makeover. Several health ...