This is a collection of good quality articles. As I recall, there was one paper about physical ailments. The Writing Cure (2002) https://books.google.com/books

This is a collection of good quality articles. As I recall, there was one paper about physical ailments. The Writing Cure (2002) https://books.google.com/books?id=3GeSRAAACAAJ https://books.google.com/books?id=3GeSRAAACAAJ This is the most recent study I found by the main editor of that volume. Randomised controlled trial of expressive writing and quality of life in men and women treated for colon or rectal cancer (2014) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08870446.2014.971798 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08870446.2014.97... This is the most recent review article I found. Expressive writing interventions in cancer patients: a systematic review (2013) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17437199.2014.882007 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17437199.2014.88... Using citation search in Google Scholar should get you more recent publications.