Last week I wrote about how more Americans are self-medicating with dietary supplements. Around the same time, I ran across an article about the high number of overdose deaths in America and another article on how more Americans are cheating on drug tests. I suspect all these headlines are related to some degree. Americans aren’t just self-medicating with OTC herbal elixirs. They’re also self-medicating with various legal and illegal recreational drugs and trying to cover their tracks with their employers.
Category: Drug Prices & Regulations
Thursday Links
- Can chronic anger produce physical health effects?
- Why is Food Stamp spending soaring?
- About 3 million people who were on Medicaid, thought they were uninsured.
- Danish study: having children does not lower the mother’s lifetime income.
- The cost of extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts could be paid for by undoing much of the Biden administration’s spending binge.
- The sources of fake science are “paper mills” — businesses or individuals that, for a price, will list a scientist as an author of a wholly or partially fabricated paper. (WSJ)
Wednesday links – 15 May 2024
- The rise in reported maternal mortality rates in the US is largely due to a change in measurement. HT: Tyler
- Can Ozempic be a substitute for insulin for diabetics?
- Ozempic and Wegovy could slash the risk of heart attacks and strokes, even if patients don’t lose weight.
- Paragon Health’s solution for Medicare: more means testing.
- The Heritage Foundation has a similar proposal.
Monday Links
- The U.S. military now estimates that the cartels directly control around 30-35% of Mexican territory. Over eighty politicians or candidates for political office were killed in Mexico during the country’s 2021 midterm elections. (HT: Tyler)
- Does living around people with a college degree lengthen your life expectancy? Apparently.
- Reasons to doubt the USDA report on the prevalence of food insecurity.
- Why the Biden/Harris claim that they have legalized marijuana is mostly false.
- What explains the slowdown in Medicare spending? A major reason is pharmaceuticals.