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The Boot Camps Treating Kids’ Pain - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

The Boot Camps Treating Kids’ Pain - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

Update: 2025-12-15
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Are “boot camp” clinics that treat kids and teenagers with chronic pain symptoms helping or inflicting more damage on patients who have trouble advocating for themselves?


Guest:  Isobel Whitcomb, science journalist based in Portland, Oregon.


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Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther.

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The Boot Camps Treating Kids’ Pain - What Next | Daily News and Analysis

The Boot Camps Treating Kids’ Pain - What Next | Daily News and Analysis