Frailty — a clinical syndrome characterized by decreased physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors — has traditionally been associated with geriatric medicine but has profound ...

Frailty is associated with reduced cardiac rehabilitation use in Medicare patients, despite these individuals deriving the greatest mortality benefit.

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 older hospitalized adults, frailty was associated with discharge to postacute care facilities and a higher risk for readmissions and mortality. Researchers conducted a retrospective cohort study to ...

Over one-third of RA patients were frail, with functional disability and lack of exercise as key factors. Frailty prevalence in RA patients is higher than in the general older population, emphasizing ...

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, ...

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 ...