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(Elsevier Health Sciences) Poorly managed pain in the neonatal intensive care unit has serious short- and long-term consequences, causing physiological and behavioral instability in preterm infants and long-term changes in their pain sensitivity, stress arousal systems, and developing brains.

In a study published in the November issue of PAIN®, researchers report that breastfeeding during minor procedures mitigated pain in preterm neonates with mature breastfeeding behaviors.

The U.S. lights up and fattens up a few decades ahead of other high-income countries. And the long-term consequences are life expectancy a few years shorter than parts of Europe and Japan.

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) Internationally viewed, medical care in Germany for children with cancer is very good as far as survival is concerned.

However, other aspects, such as quality of life, pain, and long-term consequences of the disease are still insufficiently investigated in studies.

This is the conclusion of the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care in its final report published in October 2009 and for which an English-language summary is now available.

Episodes of food poisoning may have more serious long-term consequences (MedPage Today) -- including kidney failure or mental retardation -- particularly among children, researchers say.

CHICAGO -- The largest-ever study of the long-term consequences of premature birth finds that children born early have higher death rates in childhood and are more likely to be childless in adulthood.