Alcohol Deaths Take Lives of Working-Age Americans

I'm surprised at the research findings.

"Alcohol consumption is a leading preventable cause of death in the US, and death rates from fully alcohol-attributable causes (eg, alcoholic liver disease) have increased in the past decade, including among adults aged 20 to 64 years."

"The findings of this cross-sectional study suggest that an estimated 1 in 8 total deaths among US adults aged 20 to 64 years were attributable to excessive alcohol use, including 1 in 5 deaths among adults aged 20 to 49 years. The number of premature deaths could be reduced with increased implementation of evidenced-based, population-level alcohol policies, such as increasing alcohol taxes or regulating alcohol outlet density."

Source:
Estimated Deaths Attributable to Excessive Alcohol Use Among US Adults Aged 20 to 64 Years, 2015 to 2019 - JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(11):e2239485. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.39485

Serious Gaps in US Drug Safety

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Updated February 2, 2021:

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This caught my eye in the National Journal, Pew Study Finds Gaps in FDA Oversight of Imported Drugs.

In a nutshell, Pew Finds Serious Gaps in Oversight of U.S. Drug Safety points to the Pew white paper that finds that increased outsourcing of manufacturing, a complex and globalized supply chain and criminal actors create the potential for counterfeit or substandard medicines to enter the supply chain and reach patients.

More Aspirin Benefit - Cancer Prevention - I Love It

I started taking a daily dose of aspirin well over a decade ago, in hopes that the anecdotes of cancer prevention benefit would one day morph into evidence-based data. Voila!



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