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Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency ...

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Physical symptoms of ageing such as weakness, slowing down and exhaustion can be addressed through health and lifestyle ...

The Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS) helps identify older patients (aged 75 and over) who may be frail and more likely to ...

Shaping the future of aging through public health to ensure longer, healthier, more active, and fulfilling lives, while ...

Unsafe aging parents who refuse to move or get help create a huge worry for their adult children. Strategy to address this is ...

A new tool effectively measures frailty to identify older adults who have a higher risk of emergency health needs, rehospitalization or death, according to a recent report. The tool could be useful to ...

Among the total systemic sclerosis cohort, 14% of individuals were categorized as frail and 53% as prefrail, with frailty status linked to an increased risk for mortality.

On a biological level, ageing is the result of the build-up of cellular and molecular damage in the body over time. The ageing process causes a gradual decline in physical and mental function, a ...

A high intake of flavonoid-rich foods, such as tea, apples, blueberries, and red wine, is linked to reduced risks of frailty, ...

Investigators at Mass General Brigham have developed a tool that can identify older adults at increased risk of emergency healthcare needs, rehospitalization or death. The tool measured patient ...