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Americans could import less expensive prescription drugs from Canada under a plan being developed by the Trump administration.

Trump Admin Announces Plan to Allow Drug Imports From Canada

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Plan will start by exploring options for importing certain prescription drugs to lower costs for Americans
Symptoms of burnout seem to be associated with greater explicit and implicit racial bias among resident physicians

Burnout Symptoms May Up Racial Bias Among Resident Physicians

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Residents with burnout had greater explicit racial bias, implicit racial bias scores after adjustment
Patients receiving gastric acid inhibitors have an increase in prescriptions of anti-allergic drugs

Risk for Allergy Development Increased After Gastric Acid Inhibitor Use

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Rates ratios increased with increasing age and were more prominent in women
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

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In pay-to-delay deals, generic drug makers paid to keep cheaper version of the drug off market
National norms have been developed for assessing empathy among men and women at different levels of medical school education

National Norms Developed for Assessing Medical School Empathy

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Any raw score on the Jefferson Score of Empathy can be converted to percentile rank
Hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile infection is associated with substantial attributable costs

Substantial Costs Attributable to Hospital-Acquired C. Difficile

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Direct costs come from extended length of stay and increased hospitalization costs
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

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Increased risk seen with 10 mg dose of tofacitinib used for treating ulcerative colitis
The incidence rate of pancreatic cancer increases with rising fasting blood glucose levels

Higher Fasting Plasma Glucose May Up Pancreatic Cancer Risk

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Continuous increase in risk of pancreatic cancer with elevating fasting glucose, even within normal range
For patients with end-stage kidney disease

Bariatric Surgery Up in Patients With End-Stage Kidney Disease

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Complication rates similar for patients with, without ESKD undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy
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

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Testing for acid load needed in patients with diabetes taking sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors