Are Older Adults Really Being Overtreated for Diabetes?

The people publishing studies in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine seem determined to destroy healthc...


The people publishing studies in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Internal Medicine
seem determined to destroy healthcare for the elderly. The topic in
the Endocrinology Advisor is titled “Older Adults May Be
Overtreated for Diabetes.” To this, I am saying, in whose
determination.




They do use the American Diabetes
Association guidelines of course and state, “Despite

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