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A 2026 clinical practice guideline from the Canadian Medical Association Journal that reviews the research on reducing pain and fear during vaccine injections, with recommendations for people of all ages. Available open access.
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Dr. Jody shares the simple, evidence-based ways parents can make needle pokes easier for kids, from a plan made a few days ahead to numbing cream, distraction, and comfort positioning.
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A comic about the hard parts of pain and medical care, and the free tools that make them easier.
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A comic that explores an adult recalling an early childhood memory about being held down at the doctor's office.
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A comic about women's pain, the hurtful myths that get in the way of caring for it, and the research on why that needs to change.
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Dr. Jody joins Dr. Leah Clionsky to walk parents through back to school shots: how to build a poke plan, what comfort positions do, and what to ask for at the visit.
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Dr. Jody joins Code C.L.I.O. to talk pediatric pain management, why child life specialists are essential clinicians, and how the Meg Foundation started with one blunt idea: kids hurt more than they have to.
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Blood tests are one of the most common pokes kids face. Use this to help them plan how they want to be comfortable before the next one.
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An illustrated guide to the people who help kids cope through some of the hardest moments in healthcare — who they are, what they do, and why every family should know to ask for one.
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When Child Life is woven into care from the start, better outcomes follow.
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How Black Healers and Physicians Shaped the Way We Treat Pain Today
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The American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) empowers nurses to lead the way in compassionate, evidence-based pain care.
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