Of ilnesses and death

As a routine, I read every top news on Yahoo! before I go to bed. Sometimes I can find one or two interesting articles I really want to give my opinion on but I rarely have the chance since I am always either too tired or too busy to do that. 

Anyway, I found an article which headline is "Americans are treated, and overtreated, to death". Basically, the article is about how a lot of sick people and their families overtreating their illnesses, even though the doctors say they are incurable. Sometimes it's the patients themselves who insist upon the treatments, but more often it's the families who can't let go.