Frailty is associated with reduced cardiac rehabilitation use in Medicare patients, despite these individuals deriving the greatest mortality benefit.

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When these elements come together, a geriatric program transforms from an aspirational concept into a practical reality. The practice becomes not only a provider of medical services but also a trusted ...

Biological age tests measure how fast your body is aging compared to your actual age. These tests rely on biomarkers tied to ...

When an individual turns 75, their body loses its ability to easily recover from injury or illness and the risk of dying starts to sharply increase. That is according to a December study conducted by ...

If you’ve ever stared down a frail octogenarian on your pre-op list for an occipitocervical fusion (OCF) and thought, “How risky is risky, really?” — this study’s got your back (and your C0–C2). In a ...

Late in life, some bodies bend without breaking. A new analysis of aging male Rottweilers finds that keeping testicular hormone signaling intact across the lifespan can blunt the deadly punch of ...

The laboratory-based Frailty Index showed strong predictive ability for mortality and relapse in patients with carbapenemase-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae bloodstream infections. “Unlike traditional ...

Frailty increased during the first year after the initiation of dialysis in patients with end-stage kidney disease. Pre-dialysis frailty was associated with an increased risk for hospitalisation, and ...