Storybook App Helps Kids Overcome Needle Phobia

No one likes a trip to the doctor. Triple that dread if you're a child-turned-banshee once a needle comes into the picture.

There's an app for that, and just in time for flu season. Healthline Networks launched a "Big Shots Get Shots" campaign to help children overcome their needle fear, or trypanophobia.

Along with a free iPhone app to distract little ones on the examining table, the campaign encourages parents to take an online pledge to end needle phobia. The pledge is designed to be shared on social networks to spread awareness on what doctors say is a life-threatening aversion.

"Big Shots Get Shots" takes users on a journey with Pablo the Pufferfish, who's afraid of his own…
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