Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers successfully integrated a physical frailty assessment into routine screening for kidney transplant ...

Official Title Validation Study for a Frailty Self Assessment Tool in Retirees Aged 70 and Over Brief Summary The number of elderly is increasing throughout of the world. Aging is associated with ...

After adjustment for other factors, a CFS of 3 or higher and relapsed/refractory disease were the only independent predictors of early zanubrutinib discontinuation.

Adding frailty assessment to conventional risk scores improves the ability to predict 1-year mortality after TAVR, with the odds of death increasing alongside worsening degrees of frailty, according ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although evidence suggests that adults with psychiatric disorders have an increased risk for becoming frail, ...

Individuals who meet at least one of the criteria for physical frailty are at higher risk of also developing depression, a new Yale study finds. The findings — which also include insights into the ...

Signs of frailty, and the risks it brings, could be identified in young and old people alike through a new assessment developed in a study led by researchers at the University of Strathclyde.

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 ...

Dear Doctors: Our dad is 82 years old and may need to get a pacemaker. My brother and I recently read that surgery is hard on older people, both physically and mentally. Is getting a pacemaker going ...