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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

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.

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

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Adult puffins on an island off Maine's coast. By the late 1800s, Atlantic puffins had almost disappeared from their historical nesting grounds in the Gulf of Maine, killed off by hunters for food and feathers, but over a century later, the birds are back. Brian Bechard/Maine Public Radio hide caption

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Living With Puffins? Better Duck And Cover

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