Overtreatment of the Elderly

Evidence is accumulating that older adults with diabetes, hypertension and other conditions should be treated less aggressively than they commonly are.

This approach has been named “Deintensification.”

So writes NY Times reporter Paula Span is an important article in the New York Times: Some Older Patients Are Treated Not Wisely, but Too Much

It is worth the time to read this article slowly and carefully.