A new tool effectively measures frailty to identify older adults who have a higher risk of emergency health needs, rehospitalization or death, according to a recent report. The tool could be useful to ...

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

Depression and cardiovascular disease are two of several demographic and comorbid characteristics that impact the ...

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

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.

But given that muscle loss is a completely normal part of ageing ― Harvard Health says that “After age 40 there can be a ...

Persons aged 75 years and over have a high prevalence of frailty, which reached 19% in our study. Early diagnosis of frailty by the family physician has clear implications for improving health ...