Findings suggest that the identification of frailty in younger patients with COPD may help in the stratification and identification of those who may benefit from targeted interventions. An ...

Adults at or under the age of 65 years who are frail and have systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) increased the likelihood of repeated emergency department visits. Frailty increased danger of repeated ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Frailty is hard to define and hard to distinguish from the effects of illness, injury, and medical interventions, but the frailty of patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) can have ...

A new study 1 published in the European Journal of Nutrition has suggested that habitual coffee consumption of 4-6 cups and over* (with one cup measuring at 125ml) per day is associated with a reduced ...

(UPDATED) The prevalence of frailty prior to cardiac surgery is high, varying widely depending on the tool used to capture it, and it’s significantly associated with a higher risk of patient-defined ...

New research links previously unknown genes to frailty, raising hope for early predicting and preventing age-related decline. Study: Large-scale genome-wide analyses with proteomics integration reveal ...

In a study using data from nearly 1,200 older adults, researchers have added to a growing body of evidence that loss of the sense of smell is a predictive marker for an increased risk of frailty as ...