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Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times

Robyn Adcock (left), a University of California, San Francisco pain relief specialist, gently guides Jessica Greenfield to acupressure points on her son's foot and leg that have helped relieve his chronic pain. Alison Kodjak/NPR hide caption

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Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times

August 5, 2019 • An interdisciplinary team in San Francisco uses acupressure, massage, counseling and other methods, as well as medicine, to help kids get relief from chronic pain. But such pediatric centers are rare.

Pain Rescue Team Helps Seriously Ill Kids Cope In Terrible Times

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