Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Survivors with a recovery trajectory consistent with post-intensive care syndrome had poorer cognitive function ...

Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), frailty was associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality at 1 year across all age groups. The impact was more pronounced in patients ...

The co-occurrence of radiological sarcopenia and frailty in patients undergoing surgical treatment for cancer is significantly associated with reduced survival rates. Patients with both conditions had ...

Waking up in the morning, my legs feel unusually heavy. Foods I usually enjoy no longer appeal to me. Lately, I’ve been ...

Discover how oral frailty is identified as an early warning sign of physical decline and learn about strategies to prevent ...

Consulting physical therapy early on and speaking up to the health care team can help patients with blood cancer be more prepared for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant, an expert said. Patients ...

A conceptual image of gut bacteria. A new study from Nagoya University School of Medicine and Fujita Health University reveals that frailty-associated dysbiosis significantly elevates the risk of ...

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 ...

Frailty refers to a person’s mental and physical resilience, or their ability to bounce back and recover from events like illness and injury. “Frailty is regarded as a syndrome, and a syndrome is a ...

Older adults have heightened frailty prior to and just after entering a senior housing property, but the frailty levels decline after one year, a study by NORC at the University of Chicago found. The ...

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 ...