Sentences with phrase «poked by a needle»

Most of us would swallow a pill before being poked by a needle, yet sufferers of chronic illnesses are regularly required to administer their medicine intravenously.

No one loves being poked by a needle, some more than others, but did you know that it can have an effect on cortisol levels?

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However, there are several other very good reasons to buy a policy without an exam including saving time, avoiding getting poked by a needle, not having to deal with an agent and eliminating the hassles of ordinary life insurance underwriting.

No - exam term life insurance is ideal for truck drivers, executives who are on the go, world travelers, and people who would rather avoid getting poked by a needle.

Not exact matches

As the scanner pokes its prey (here, a small, green plastic frog) with a needle - like probe driven by a tiny motor, a light sensor detects contact between probe and object with an accuracy of 30 micrometers, and a linear actuator translates the rotation of the Lego gears into linear distance at a resolution of 6.25 micrometers.

By placing the mice on hot glass and poking them with a blunt needle, they found that the mice responded to temperature and mild pain in the same way as mice who still had the protein.

This test is performed by poking the skin gently with a needle.

Once standard procedure, the cringe - worthy medical underwriting process of being poked with a needle, stepping on a scale, having your arm squeezed by a blood pressure cuff and providing (ahem...) liquid samples, is becoming less commonplace.

They don't want to be poked by a doctors needle or have to do urine tests.