Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Blood-Injection-Injury phobias

  • “The Blood Battle”: Using science to combat the fear of blood

    Kayla Peña Providence, Rhode Island   U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Marcy Copeland/Released. Public domain. Forty years ago, the University of Michigan and Ohio State University competed in their first “Blood Battle.” Although typically known for their football rivalry, in 1982 the universities decided to expand their competition to see which school could…