According to a new study at the Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota ‘older patients with diabetes and multiple comorbidities were more likely to be treated to a lower A1c level with insulin’. This exposes them to the risk of hypoglycemia. At the same time younger and healthier patients who may benefit from more aggressive therapy had bad glycemic control. Researchers say that ‘patients who get intensive treatment are those who are also likely to suffer because of it. But they also add that those “who would benefit from more intensive treatment are not receiving the basic care that they need’. But
