In a groundbreaking study, scientists have mapped the most detailed genetic blueprint yet of frailty – the age-related decline in resilience that affects around 40% of people aged 65 and above, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Physical frailty is strongly associated with an increased dementia risk in older adults, and according to researchers, the link may be causal. In an analysis of nearly half a million UK Biobank ...

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.

Concurrent physical frailty and depression likely boost the risk of dementia in older people, with the interaction of these two factors alone contributing around 17% of the overall risk, suggest the ...

Phase II Study of Nonmetastatic Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma in Children Younger Than 4 Years of Age: A Report of the Children’s Oncology Group (ACNS1221) Childhood cancer survivors (≥ 5 years since ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . DESTIN, Fla. — Rheumatologists are uniquely positioned to define and manage sarcopenia and frailty, according to ...

Frailty threatens older individuals because it increases their vulnerability to detrimental health outcomes, such as falling, longer hospitalization, or even shortened life expectancy. New research ...