Researchers have found in an observational cohort study that a history of infections is significantly associated with higher frailty index scores in older adults, suggesting infections ...

Abstract: Cognitive Frailty (CF), characterized by the co-occurrence of Physical Frailty (PF) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), is increasingly recognized as a critical predictor of adverse health ...

Objective To develop a rapid screening tool for the identification of frailty in medical calls and other out-of-hospital acute care services. Design Development study based on cross-sectional data. A ...

Objectives The objective was to assess whether frailty is associated with an increased risk of postoperative delirium (POD) in intensive care unit (ICU) patients aged 65 years and older. Design A ...

This article is the latest in the Health Affairs Forefront featured topic, “Health Policy at a Crossroads,” produced with the support of the Commonwealth Fund and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Lawyers for city businessmen Azruddin Mohamed and Nazar “Shell” Mohamed failed to convince Principal Magistrate Judy Latchman that the United States’ (US) extradition request for them to face trial in ...

Frailty refers to a person’s mental and physical resilience, or their ability to bounce back and recover from events like illness and injury. “Frailty is regarded as a syndrome, and a syndrome is a ...

Under H.R. 1, states must require that low-income people meet work-reporting requirements to qualify for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion. Everyone applying for or ...

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Diabetes mellitus, which is steadily increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, leads to disabling complications and premature death. We conducted a study in African hospitals with the ...

As people age, frailty starts to creep in. Falls are more damaging and take longer to heal, muscles weaken, walking slows. And on top of physical frailty, people can also become “socially frail” as ...