Children who display multiple psychosomatic symptoms, such as regular aches and pains and sleep and appetite problems, are more than twice as likely to be experiencing physical abuse at home than children who do not display symptoms.

LOS ANGELES, June 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- For years, physicians have thought of chronic abdominal pain, also known as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), as the result of an overactive nervous system.

NEW YORK, November 10, 2010 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- - Publishing Partnership to Help Advance Excellence in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry Elsevier, the world's leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information, announced today that it is partnering with the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine (APM) to publish Psychosomatics, the official journal of the Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine.

IBS Signs and Symptoms Tracker Sheds Light on IBS Warning Signs; IBS Treatment Matrix Helps Patients Find Relief BETHESDA, Md., May 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- To mark World Digestive Health Day, the American College of Gastroenterology (ACG), in conjunction with global observances of this awareness day under the auspices of the World Gastroenterology Organisation (WGO), today announced the availability of two new interactive tools aimed at helping to provide answers and hope to millions of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) sufferers struggling for relief.

Study links teen conflicts to potential risk for adult cardiovascular disease.