2019.07.15 08:36
Here's a story from The New York Times that I thought you'd find interesting:
Because older people are so often excluded from medical studies, little is known about how best to treat them. Geriatricians often must rely on guesswork.
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Elderly patients, our contemporaries I should say, need to be aware that
their treating physicians like the one in this article have no real scientific trial data
available to support what they are doing as their doctors to treat you either
medically or surgically. If their doctors are honest, they should let you know
before you ask and before they prescribe drugs or recommend a procedure or surgery.