Frailty

A new study finds that the anti-inflammatory drug canakinumab (Ilaris) didn’t lower the risk of frailty in people with atherosclerosis.

A new study encourages clinicians to look at frailty on a continuum instead of a black-and-white approach. Authors of the study created a new score to help them assess how strong or weak a person may be....

Frailty can affect mortality, but the level of risk depends on where you live, according to a new study.

People who are older and identify as a sexual and gender minority — OSGM — are more susceptible to frailty, according to a new study. 

Results of a recent trial show that hospital-to-home self-managed exercise and nutrition plans can help older adults prone to frailty — or those who are already frail — in the long run.

Before making decisions about cardiac surgery, clinicians and older patients should weigh frailty’s effects on potential outcomes using validated assessment tools, researchers say.

People who consume 10 mg per day of a certain type of flavonoids may lower their risk of developing frailty by 20%, according to new research. 

Older adults are more likely to sustain repeated falls when frailty and cognitive impairment onset co-occur. Clinicians should take note when screening seniors for falls risk, investigators say.

Engagement in group social activities appears to protect frail seniors from developing new disabilities and help avert untimely death, investigators say.

Frailty and dementia appear to have an outsized effect on mortality after surgery, a first-of-its-kind study finds. The results highlight the importance of geriatric conditions in surgical prognosis, the...