Bioengineers in South Korea have succeeded in developing an intravenous needle (IV) that can bend and flex as it enters the human body. The softening IV needle is rigid at room temperature, similar to ...

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said "an increased vaccination rate should make it possible to sustainably contain the pandemic" this year and "accelerate the ...

Sponsored by Anita Mandal, M.D. Question: I’ve heard of a few doctors using cannulas for injection of fillers instead of needles. What are the benefits of cannulas and do they hurt more than needles?

In preclinical tests, the resistance-sensing injector allowed researchers to more safely and effectively deliver drugs to the body. (Courtesy: Nature Biomedical Engineering) Researchers at Harvard ...

A fear of needles in a medical setting (often called trypanophobia when it’s more severe) is common and can make TRT ...

Researchers have shown that pain experienced by patients during medical treatments can be considerably alleviated by holding and experiencing the motions of a soft furry robot. Based on measures of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Skin fillers delivered by cannulas may cause less intravascular occlusion than fillers delivered by needles, but ...

Nagpur: Fear of injections — especially among young children — is a common scene in clinics and hospitals. Even parents often dread the moment when their child has to be held tightly for a painful jab ...

Injections are an important and inevitable lynchpin of modern medicinal techniques. The idea is to force liquid directly into the body using a hollow needle to penetrate the skin. Without these kinds ...