Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Survivors with a recovery trajectory consistent with post-intensive care syndrome had poorer cognitive function ...

The co-occurrence of radiological sarcopenia and frailty in patients undergoing surgical treatment for cancer is significantly associated with reduced survival rates. Patients with both conditions had ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — The indices of frailty may be useful in predicting mortality and composite endpoints after ...

Among patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI), frailty was associated with an increased risk for all-cause mortality at 1 year across all age groups. The impact was more pronounced in patients ...

Yoga has long been associated with a host of health benefits — and it may even boost physical capabilities associated with longevity, new research suggests. A systematic review by Brigham and Women’s ...

Frail patients are more likely to develop complications after outpatient hernia, breast, thyroid or parathyroid surgery, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery. Researchers examined 140,828 ...

Consulting physical therapy early on and speaking up to the health care team can help patients with blood cancer be more prepared for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant, an expert said. Patients ...

Older adults have heightened frailty prior to and just after entering a senior housing property, but the frailty levels decline after one year, a study by NORC at the University of Chicago found. The ...

Frail patients are more likely to have serious complications after elective outpatient surgery than people who are healthier and stronger, a recent study suggests. Much of the previous research ...

We’ve written before at HuffPost UK about how to tell regular old-age memory loss from dementia. Speaking of which, scientists think that signs of physical frailty can predict dementia nine years ...