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(MedPage Today) -- Results of 5-year study show pluses and minuses with not waiting

Five U.S. states on Thursday filed lawsuits accusing Purdue Pharma LP of illegally marketing and selling opioids, escalating the wave of litigation over a nationwide abuse epidemic.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture within weeks will begin testing sick and dead pigs for a hog virus that has killed herds across Asia in an effort to minimize devastation if the disease enters the United States, the agency said on Thursday.

The device would rely on an emerging technology called "auditory attention decoding" (AAD). AAD simultaneously monitors a person's brainwaves and the sound around them.

(MedPage Today) -- But long-term follow-up needed to determine true benefit

Celebrities, activists and politicians swarmed social media to air their opinions on a new law, signed on Wednesday, that almost totally bans abortion in Alabama.

Along with Xanax, benzodiazepines include familiar brand names like the tranquilizer Valium (diazepam) and another anti-anxiety medication, Klonopin (clonazepam).

(MedPage Today) -- To improve health outcomes, we need to put more emphasis on primary care

The first trial of ultra-processed foods suggests they lead people to eat more and put on weight.

(MedPage Today) -- Interventional cardiology news to note

Five U.S. states on Thursday filed lawsuits accusing Purdue Pharma LP of illegally marketing and selling opioids, including OxyContin, contributing to a nationwide epidemic.

(MedPage Today) -- French epidemiological study highlights need for early pre-CKD lupus nephritis diagnosis and treatment, researchers say

(MedPage Today) -- A 30-year-old woman visited urgent care complaining of a burning sensation on her tongue. First she had blamed it on a spicy meal she had eaten, but the feeling didn't go away and now she felt as though she wasn't able to taste food as usual. Over a month ago she had noticed a white plaque on her tongue, but it had disappeared within a day so she hadn't thought much of it. The physician noted that her tongue had erosions in serpiginous patterns during the exam. Can you diagnose the patient?

A balanced, low-fat diet significantly lowers the risk of dying from breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to new long-term data from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) Dietary Modification trial.

(MedPage Today) -- Should be part of broader "career transitioning" plan, says Society of Surgical Chairs

(MedPage Today) -- Advanced imaging helps confirm which patients may benefit from thrombolysis with alteplase 4.5-9 hours after stroke

The PET scans are used to investigate the spread of cancer and how it is responding to treatment.

(MedPage Today) -- Serologic markers identified patients with ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis likely to achieve drug-free remission

Opioid use has reached crisis proportions not only in the United States but also in Canada and some European countries, as prescription opioid painkillers have become much more common, the OECD club of wealthy nations said on Thursday.

(MedPage Today) -- WINTHER shows that simultaneous evaluation of DNA mutations and RNA expression profiles feasible in various cancers