Americans will spend half their lives taking prescription drugs, study finds | Penn State University
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An American born in 2019 will spend a larger share of their lifetime taking prescription drugs than being married or receiving an education, according to new research by Jessica Ho, associate professor of sociology and demography at Penn State. She reported the findings this week in the journal Demography.

An American born in 2019 will spend a larger share of their lifetime taking prescription drugs than being married or receiving an education, according to new research by Jessica Ho, associate professor of sociology and demography at Penn State. She reported the findings this week (article date: Oct 6) in the journal Demography.

  • atzanteol
    7·
    1 year ago

    Many of the drugs that individuals are on for 40 or 50 years have only been on the market for the past five decades, so their long-term effects on the body are still unknown

    Is that a typo? Because it sounds like we do have 50 years of data.

    I hate when the way numbers are represented changes in an article. It feels slightly dishonest to say “50 years” in one sentence and then “five decades” in the next.