Perspective: “There’s a shocking lack of data on effective treatments for older people”

The Clinical Trial Is Open. The Elderly Need Not Apply – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)

Related: Cardiac Patients in Trials Don’t Reflect Real-World Populations (link to abstract and commentaries on the subject)

“There’s a shocking lack of data on effective treatments for older people. So what do doctors do? Make guesses”. (via @NYTHealth see Tweet)