Healthy Elderly Individuals Become Patients Due To Modern Medicine

A senior doctor in an article published today on bmj.com cautions that modern medicine is turning fit elderly people into patients. Many people seventy-five years of age and over are being prescribed medication for high blood pressure, diabetes or high cholesterol with slight concern for the real benefits to the individual, claims Michael Oliver, Professor Emeritus of Cardiology, University of Edinburgh.

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Filed under: Seniors on March 11th, 2009