A UK study found that 71% of hospitals are not screening older surgical patients for frailty, risking poorer outcomes and ...

Inpatients with sepsis need targeted strategies to reduce frailty, which is a known risk factor for mortality in sepsis.

Sarcopenia leads to increased risks of falls, among other adverse effects, but there are no effective treatments. Read more ...

In its COVID-19 rapid guideline, the British National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that all patients over the age of 65 with COVID-19 be classified with the aid of the Clinical ...

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The use of a clinical decision support system significantly improves adherence to safer prescribing practices for older ...

Researchers developed a machine learning tool that can predict cognitive frailty in older adults with significant precision.

Frailty is defined as a decreased ability to cope with routine or acute stressors due to age-associated declines in physiological function across the body’s systems. This condition may be ...

Prognostic Impact of Prostate-Specific Antigen at 6 Months After Radiotherapy in Localized Prostate Cancer: An Individual Patient Data Analysis of Randomized Trials National estimates of cancer ...

Novartis says it will scale up the use of Apple ResearchKit in clinical trials, as part of its efforts to bring about digital transformation across its business. Jacob LaPorte is global head of ...

Quadruplet therapy is now the accepted standard for patients newly diagnosed with myeloma who are ineligible for transplant; ...