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Sometimes less is better – so why don't doctors 'deintensify' medical treatment?

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imageDo you still need to take that? Lucas Jackson/Reuters

Doctors know a lot about when to start medications to treat disease. But sometimes our focus on starting medicines means we can confuse providing more care with providing better care. And better care sometimes means fewer medicines, not more.

For instance, patients with high blood pressure who...

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