In this review, we first provide a brief overview of frailty, including biologic mechanisms, measurement, and clinical management. This overview is followed by a discussion of approaches to ...

Physical frailty is strongly associated with an increased dementia risk in older adults, and according to researchers, the link may be causal. In an analysis of nearly half a million UK Biobank ...

Frailty — a clinical syndrome characterized by decreased physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors — has traditionally been associated with geriatric medicine but has profound ...

Ageing is a normal part of the life course. It doesn’t matter how many green smoothies you drink, or how many “anti-ageing” skin care products you use, you can’t stop the ageing process. But while ...

The federal government and state Medicaid agencies must adopt comprehensive, flexible definitions of medical frailty that meaningfully protect the categories of individuals whom Congress has ...

If we live long enough, many of us will eventually start to exhibit telltale signs of frailty, from unsteady feet to mental confusion. Yet not all. Think of Julia Hawkins, who set world records in the ...

Older heart failure patients who feel that they have lost their social role amongst friends and family are more likely to suffer poor clinical outcomes. This is the finding of a new study in Frontiers ...

Growing older often means moving slower than before or getting tired faster. But some older people can become very weak and everyday activities can become hard to do. This may be due to a health ...