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Pins and needles are usually harmless, but it’s best not to ignore them

Everyone has experienced it: that tingling, prickling feeling you get in your limbs when you’ve been sitting or lying in one position for too long. Medical people call it parathesia, but to the rest of us, it’s “pins and needles”. And here’s how it works. Credit: Studio GL/Shutterstock Our bodies contain miles of nerves and...