Frailty is a better predictor than factors such as age when determining how older adults fare one year after receiving critical care. A team led by researchers from the University of Waterloo analyzed ...

Dear Doctors: My mom saw a news story about frailty and worries it will happen to her. She's 83 and is vital for her age. She does senior yoga and walks most days.

Identifying the biological and molecular mechanisms common to multiple age-related diseases, as well as the wider environmental, social and and genetic factors that modulate multimorbidity as we age.

About 10% of people over age 65 live with frailty, and that figure rises to between 25% and 50% for those over 85. (Rawpixel pic) “Frail” is a frequently used adjective that is often misunderstood. It ...

New research suggests that frailty makes older adults more susceptible to Alzheimer's dementia, and moderates the effects of dementia-related brain changes on dementia symptoms. The findings suggest ...

Frail female participants had a significantly higher rate of hypertension (33.9%) than the non-frail (20.9%), however no significant difference was observed between frail and non-frail males. ...

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 ...

The influence of sex on the impact of age and frailty on acute care use among older adults receiving immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI) treatment: A population-based study. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

Despite the evidence on risk factors for frailty, and the substantial progress that has been made in frailty awareness, the biological mechanisms underlying its development are still far from ...