Growing pains in childrenA 6 year-old boy is awakened at 02:00 AM, screaming of painful legs. His parents appreciate severe pain, but do not see anything wrong with his legs. They rub his legs and give him acetaminophen and he returns to sleep with pain resolution within 30 minutes. In the morning he is running about as if nothing occurred at night. The following week he has a similar episode. This causes significant anxiety in the family, and they immediately visit the primary physician.
Even though they conclude there's nothing that can really be done about it, I'm really glad the government funded and publish this research this, which lets people know it's harmless. It really cuts down on anxiety about what the problem might be and the meta-problem of possibly getting an MRI.
Thanks to WebMD, et al flooding the web with garbage, a search about a medical issue rarely yields something reliable. Getting more research out there could help a lot with this.