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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced that immediate-release opioid pain medications will get new boxed warnings about the dangers of misuse.

FDA Orders Enhanced Warning Labels on Opioid Pain Medications

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New labeling rules mostly aimed at immediate-release versions of opioids
Mindfulness-based stress reduction may be more effective than standard medical care for managing low back pain

Mindful Meditation Technique May Help Ease Chronic Low Back Pain

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Researchers find it more effective than cognitive behavioral therapy and usual care
Moderate alcohol consumption may not provide a survival benefit compared to abstaining

Review Questions Influence of Alcohol Consumption on Life Span

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Researchers say previous findings don't account for those who abstain from alcohol because of illness
For patients with familial adenomatous polyposis

Drug Combo Reduces Polyps in Familial Adenomatous Polyposis

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Findings for sulindac twice daily and erlotinib daily
Physicians can help to identify and assist trafficking victims

AMA Encouraging Physicians to ID, Assist Victims of Trafficking

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Physicians should be aware of warning signs such as bruises, cuts, scars; looking fearful or anxious
An experimental device uses a patch to monitor blood glucose levels via sweat

Sweat-Sensing Device Designed to Regulate Glucose Levels

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Experimental technology senses blood glucose and delivers medicine with microneedles
The addition of stress management training can make cardiac rehabilitation programs more effective

Stress Management Could Help Optimize Cardiac Rehab

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When added to recovery regimen, fewer patients had heart attacks, strokes, or died
More seniors than ever are taking supplements alongside their medications

Number of Seniors Mixing Medications, Supplements Rising

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Many do not tell their doctors, putting them at risk for dangerous drug interactions
Interpretation of a single breast biopsy slide per case predicts low likelihood of verification for diagnosis of atypia or ductal carcinoma in situ

Low Likelihood for Atypia, DCIS Verification With Single Slide

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Highly probable verification for invasive breast cancer and benign without atypia diagnoses
Patients with maturity-onset diabetes of the young 1 (MODY1) are often misdiagnosed as having type 2 diabetes

MODY1 Form of Diabetes May Require Alternate Treatment

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Mutations in HNFα cause Mature-Onset Diabetes of the Young 1, with diminished GSIS