Many Older People with Type 2 Diabetes Are Over-Treated

In a January 2018 Diabetes, Obesity & Metabolism analysis of individuals aged 70 years with type 2 diabetes, almost 40% with recommended HbA1c levels (which indicate blood glucose levels) were over-treated. A release from the publishers explains that the majority of over-treated people were frail and used five medicines. Hypoglycemia occurred in 20.3% of these… Continue reading Many Older People with Type 2 Diabetes Are Over-Treated