DMEMEDS shared post via NYT: The New Old Age Blog: Older People Often Overtreated for Diabetes, Study Suggests

Calculating how much medication an older patient should get and on what schedule is often complicated by erratic meals, vision loss, depression and dementia. [Category: Elder Care, Elderly, News & Research, Insulin, Diabetes, Hypoglycemia] http://rss.nytimes.com/c/34625/f/640346/s/3c077bce/sc/14/l/0Lnewoldage0Bblogs0Bnytimes0N0C20A140C0A60C30A0Celderly0Epatients0Eoften0Eovertreated0Efor0Ediabetes0Estudy0Esuggests0C0Dpartner0Frss0Gemc0Frss/story01.htm

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