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Title: Therapy helps relieve stomach aches for some kids
Post by: riky on October 14, 2013, 09:00:24 AM
Therapy helps relieve stomach aches for some kids

By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Talk therapy may help some children with frequent and unexplained stomach pain, a new study suggests. More than half of kids and teenagers who met weekly with a therapist had their stomach aches lessen or go away within a year. A similar proportion improved after regular appointments with a pediatrician, researchers found. Between eight and 25 percent of all youth have chronic stomach pain, studies suggest. ...

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