An Exposure-Based Video Game (Dr. Zoo) to Reduce Needle Phobia in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years: Development and Mixed Methods Pilot Study.

Background: Needle phobia, which affects 19% of children aged 4 to 6 years, prevents many children from receiving necessary or preventive medical treatments. Digital interventions have been made to target needle phobia but currently rely on distraction rather than evidence-based exposure.

Objective: We designed and evaluated a serious exposure-based mobile game called Dr.

Radiotherapy in the Barwon South Western Region: a rural perspective.

Introduction: Cancer-related mortality rates are higher in rural areas compared with urban regions. Whether there are corresponding geographical variations in radiotherapy utilisation rates (RURs) is the subject of this study.

Methods: RURs for the regional centre of Geelong and rural areas of the Barwon South Western Region were calculated using a population-based database (2009).

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From her early days in cancer nursing, Kathy Redmond was determined to make life better for patients. Her efforts have helped ensure that the views of cancer patients are now higher up the European agenda.

Plasma exchange in episodes of severe inflammatory demyelination of the central nervous system. A report of six cases.

The standard therapy for episodes of severe acute inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system is high dose intravenous corticosteroids. A small proportion of patients fail to improve with this regime and their prognosis can become grave. A recent sham controlled double blind crossover trial in this group of patients demonstrated a significant benefit from plasma exchange.