by Monty Self | May 7, 2024 | Feature, Opinion
In 1964’s “Mojave Crossing,” Western novelist Louis L’Amour argued, “Anger is a killing thing: it kills the man who angers, for each rage leaves him less than he had been before – it takes something from him.” A recent study published in the Journal of...
by Monty Self | Jan 27, 2023 | Opinion
Americans spent over $335 billion on prescription drugs in 2018 compared to $30 billion in 1980, according to the Congressional Budget Office. This compels us to ask why there has been a $305 billion increase in less than 40 years. The simple answer is that it is...
by Monty Self | Jan 26, 2023 | Opinion
The median annual price for new drugs approved in 2022 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was $222,003, according to a Reuters report published January 5. This is a decades-long trend, as detailed in a June 2022 report published by JAMA Network. In 2008, the...
by Monty Self | Dec 28, 2022 | Opinion
More than 1,000 people in U.S. prisons died of complications related to Hepatitis C from 2013 to 2019. This was revealed by State News’ data analysis of 27,674 prison death records from 2013 to 2019. Untreated Hepatitis C causes chronic liver disease, liver failure...
by Monty Self | Dec 20, 2022 | Opinion
The Danish government once directed medical providers to implant intrauterine devices in Inuit women and girls from Greenland. From 1966 to 1975, around 4,500 IUDs were fitted without patient consent. IUDs date back to the turn of the 20th century and are designed to...
