Allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) remains a potentially curative option for patients with high-risk haematological malignancies, albeit at the cost of substantial morbidity and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers successfully integrated a physical frailty assessment into routine screening for kidney transplant ...

Official Title Validation Study for a Frailty Self Assessment Tool in Retirees Aged 70 and Over Brief Summary The number of elderly is increasing throughout of the world. Aging is associated with ...

An Osaka Metropolitan University-led research team examined the relationship between frailty and health-related hope and identified specific frailty domains affecting health-related hope in patients ...

Adding frailty assessment to conventional risk scores improves the ability to predict 1-year mortality after TAVR, with the odds of death increasing alongside worsening degrees of frailty, according ...

An automated frailty assessment tool developed by researchers at Boston-based Mass General Brigham could help clinicians identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare visits, ...

Signs of frailty, and the risks it brings, could be identified in young and old people alike through a new assessment developed in a study led by researchers at the University of Strathclyde.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Although evidence suggests that adults with psychiatric disorders have an increased risk for becoming frail, ...

Dear Doctors: Our dad is 82 years old and may need to get a pacemaker. My brother and I recently read that surgery is hard on older people, both physically and mentally. Is getting a pacemaker going ...