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Patients receiving gastric acid inhibitors have an increase in prescriptions of anti-allergic drugs

Risk for Allergy Development Increased After Gastric Acid Inhibitor Use

Rates ratios increased with increasing age and were more prominent in women
For patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis

Biologic Tx for Psoriasis May Reduce Coronary Inflammation

Findings indicated by perivascular fat attenuation index, as measured by coronary CT angiography
Three drug companies will pay a total of nearly $70 million to California to settle charges of delaying the sale of generic drugs to keep brand-name drug prices high

$70 Million Settlement Reached in Generic Drug Delay Case

In pay-to-delay deals, generic drug makers paid to keep cheaper version of the drug off market
Benzodiazepines and muscle relaxants are associated with serious falls among people living with HIV in their 50s

Serious Falls Pose Risk to People Living With HIV

Benzodiazepines, muscle relaxants related to serious falls in people living with HIV
New warnings about an increased risk of thrombosis and of death among ulcerative colitis patients taking the 10 mg twice daily dose of the drug tofacitinib (Xeljanz

FDA: Blood Clot, Death Risk Up With Higher Dose of Tofacitinib

Increased risk seen with 10 mg dose of tofacitinib used for treating ulcerative colitis
A considerable proportion of men who have sex with men

Some Men at Risk for HIV Do Not Live Near PrEP Provider

Thirteen percent of PrEP-eligible men who have sex with men live in 30-minute-drive deserts
Roxadustat is noninferior to epoetin alfa for increasing hemoglobin levels among patients with anemia who are undergoing dialysis

Roxadustat Noninferior to Epoetin Alfa in Dialysis Patients

And for anemia in patients with kidney disease not undergoing dialysis, roxadustat is superior to placebo
Metformin use is associated with a substantially lower risk for dementia among younger African-American patients with diabetes compared with sulfonylurea initiation

Metformin May Lower Dementia Risk in Black Patients With T2DM

Findings strongest in younger African-American patients aged 50 to 64 years
Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor-associated diabetic ketoacidosis may occur after surgery even in patients with normal or near-normal blood glucose levels

Periop Diabetic Ketoacidosis Seen in Patients on SGLT2 Inhibitors

Testing for acid load needed in patients with diabetes taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors
The World Health Organization "Treat All" strategy for antiretroviral treatment initiation among patients living with HIV was the standard of care at almost all International epidemiology Databases to Evaluate AIDS sites by mid-2017

WHO ‘Treat All’ Recommendation for HIV Widely Implemented

Findings seen in rural, primary-level health facilities in low-resource settings