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Boomers have a drug problem, but not the kind you might think

  • Written by Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor Medicine, Geriatrics, University of Virginia
Some boomers are on multiple medications. Combinations of those drugs could have serious side effects.Getty Images / Sporrer/Rupp

Baby boomers – that’s anyone born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1964 – are 20% of the population, more than 70 million Americans. Decades ago, many in that generation experimented with drugs that were...

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