Want To Live Longer? Take New Drugs (DrugWonks): "In another blow to those who want keep Americans taking old medicines by banning access to free samples, marketing, continuing medical education, off label use and other methods that increase new drug use, this from my former perch at the Manhattan Institute and Frank Lichtenberg:
'It is no surprise that Americans are living longer today than in previous generations. A typical baby born in 1900 was expected to live to about age 45. Today, life expectancy at birth is about 78. Less well known, however, is the fact that the gains in life expectancy have not been uniform across the country. In his new study—the first of its kind—Columbia University researcher Frank Lichtenberg set out to find out which states are the leaders, which ones are the laggards, and why."
