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 ...

A review published in the New England Journal of Medicine underscores the critical importance of addressing frailty among older adults. Titled "Frailty in Older Adults," the comprehensive article ...

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In this review, we first provide a brief overview of frailty, including biologic mechanisms, measurement, and clinical management. This overview is followed by a discussion of approaches to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...