Only a few scant months ago, we decided to cover Frailty on my weekly movie club podcast, GenreVision. It had always been a favorite and we wanted it to close out our Bill Paxton theme month. During ...

New study estimates major lifetime health and cost burden from frailty and falls in people with HIV, highlighting need for prevention.

One of the best things about the home video boom and culture of the ’80s and ’90s was how physical media — and the stores that housed them — could turn an overlooked gem into a cult smash-hit. A movie ...

The average human lifespan has increased at a breath-taking rate in the last century. The major problem of gerontology and ...

Identifying frailty in elderly patients prior to surgery may improve outcomes Frailty among elderly candidates for thoracic surgery may go undetected prior to surgical procedure, which may prevent ...

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 ...

A study published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that scoring patients for frailty can accurately predict adverse surgical outcomes. Researchers scored ...

Can pre-frailty and frailty predict the risk for cardiovascular events like myocardial infarction or stroke? According to new study findings, frailty in older adults is a dynamic state that often ...

Frailty is common in MS patients, appearing earlier than in non-MS individuals, and is linked to adverse health outcomes. Strong associations exist between frailty and higher disability, longer ...

Frailty begins to accelerate 4 to 9 years before dementia onset and may help identify at-risk populations for prevention strategies. Study: Frailty Trajectories Preceding Dementia in the US and UK.