- Are apprenticeships a viable alternative to higher education? If so, why does government subsidize the latter and not the former?
- The IRA bill has already stopped the development of one cancer drug and may be delaying many more.
- Why do new drugs have such bizarre names? It’s bureaucracy gone amok.
- Study: thunderstorms cause asthma attacks.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Drowsy Driving is a Public Health Hazard
By now everyone knows that driving under the influence is bad. Indeed, nearly one-third of all traffic fatalities involve a drunk driver. More than half (56%) of drivers involved in an injury or fatal car crash were on at least one drug (including alcohol) at the time that impaired their ability to drive. When I took flying lessons, we were warned that OTC cold medicines and flying is not allowed. The FAA has an explicit list of medication types that pilots cannot ingest while flying. An FAA study found the most common drug in the body of pilots involved in fatal aviation accidents was diphenhydramine (brand name Benadryl).
Thursday Links
- If “best practices” in medicine really are best practices, why can’t we just copy them everywhere else?
- Although over 80% of insured adults rate their health insurance as “good” or “excellent,” most have difficulty understanding and using it – especially if they are in fair or poor health.
- Marijuana in Colorado: In Denver there are more than 200 licensed recreational dispensaries alone. There are 700 licensed cultivation sites in the state.
- Are dementia rates falling?
- Should we expand pharmacists’ scope of practice to the full extent of their training, as they did in New Zealand and Canada?