But while we're all getting older, not everyone who ages will necessarily become frail. Aging and frailty are closely related ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare needs, rehospitalization or death.

How can you tell normal ageing from frailty? Age UK says that about 10% of people over 65 live with frailty (about half of ...

AS I am the sole retired banker in my neighbourhood, fellow residents often approach me for advice on matters related to banking and finance. About a month ago, a tailor who plies his trade near my ...

A new service aimed at supporting older people who are starting to become frail, could reduce emergency hospital admissions ...

Among the total systemic sclerosis cohort, 14% of individuals were categorized as frail and 53% as prefrail, with frailty status linked to an increased risk for mortality.

Researchers at Boston-based Mass General Brigham developed an Epic tool that identifies older patients at risk for emergency care, readmission or death based on frailty levels. The electronic frailty ...

A new service aimed at supporting older people who are starting to become frail, could reduce emergency hospital admissions by more than a third and save the NHS money, finds a new study led by UCL ...

Eating foods with live microbes (such as prebiotics and probiotics) reduced the prevalence of frailty in older adults by 17.5% in people who ate a moderate amount and 22.1% in those with high intake, ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare needs, rehospitalization or death. The tool measured patient ...