A new study found that hospice patients with type 2 diabetes may be treated too aggressively for blood sugar control, leading to a high number of hypoglycemia cases among them. The researchers urge that avoiding hypoglycemia may be more important than strict blood sugar contorl. When it comes to hospice patients with type 2 diabetes, avoiding hypoglycemia may be more important than strict glycemic control, researchers argued. The researchers noted that the study found 12% of hospice patients with type 2 diabetes experienced hypoglycemia within 180 days of admission to their nursing homes. Read more