Media Alert: Attention Health Editors; New Survey Results on Blenophobia to Be Released on Thursday, December 14, 2006."Blenophobia" is the Fear of Needles and Needle needle, implement of metal or other material used to carry the thread in sewing and in various forms of needlework and manufacturing. The earliest needles were merely awls or punches. Sticks NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Vyteris (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). : VYHN):
WHAT: Produced video news release releasing new survey results
estimating the number of Americans who suffer from
"blenophobia," the fear of needles and the healthcare impacts
resulting from it. Some of those impacts include the reluctant
and outright refusal of patients to receive vaccinations or
get blood draws for diagnostic tests and treatment.
WHO: The video will feature patients, Rosa Rodriguez and Anne Marie
Tenebruso, suffering from blenophobia and Dr. Mark Durstzman,
M.D., an internist affiliated with New York Presbyterian
Hospital.
WHEN: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. EST
Satellite: Telestar 6 C-band, Transponder 11 (aka IA6C11)
Downlink Frequency: IA6C11 (3920 Vertical@93 Degree West)
Audio: 6.2/6.8
Monday, December 18, 2006
Time: 13:00 p.m. - 13:15 p.m. EST
Satellite: Telestar 6 C-band, Transponder 11 (aka IA6C11)
Downlink Frequency: IA6C11 (3920 Vertical@93 Degree West)
Audio: 6.2/6.8
DETAILS:Story Line Overview for Producers: This video provides
important information about this little known, but all too
common phobia people suffer. It distinguishes blenophobia from
the normal squeamishness and pain most people feel about
needles and raises the potential health problems associated
with people not receiving vaccination or getting blood tests
because of it.
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