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TV Found to Be a Painkiller for Children

Aug 17 - By Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer

Sometimes the numbing effect of TV can be helpful. Especially if you're a kid being stuck with a needle at the hospital. Researchers confirmed the distracting power of television — something parents have long known — when they found that children watching cartoons suffered less pain from a hypodermic needle than kids not watching TV.

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