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

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 ...

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

You’re eating, exercising and sleeping well. What else can do you to optimize your brain’s health and protect it from decline ...

Protect your brain health by reducing dementia risk. Small amounts of physical activity can lead to big benefits for older ...

Preoperatively assessing anemia as a modifiable risk factor may counteract increased mortality risk for patients with severe ...

Pope Francis is in critical condition due to early-stage kidney failure and a severe respiratory illness, the Vatican has ...

A little movement can help prevent the debilitating neurological condition - even for the elderly, say scientists.

For the whole time I was reading it, I tried to second-guess Twist, the new novel by the Irish writer Colum McCann. Ah! I ...