Investigators assessed frailty prevalence in a nationally representative US cohort and inpatient outcomes among kidney transplant recipients.

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Service managers will also be considered. Frailty is a state of diminished physiological reserve and increased vulnerability to stressors in ageing adults. Many newly created services for older people ...

One of the ways diabetes can affect the body is by overstimulating the sweat glands. Because of this, it's harder to maintain a steady internal body temperature. Extreme fluctuations in blood sugar ...

Pope Francis hit the three-week mark Friday in his hospitalization for double pneumonia, after giving the world a tangible indication of just how frail he is. The Vatican said the 88-year-old pope ...

After 3 weeks in hospital, we have heard from Pope Francis for the first time. The Pope releasing an audio message from the Juelli and playing it here tonight in front of the crowd at St. Peter's ...

An electronic frailty index, derived from electronic health record (EHR) data including diagnostic codes, identified patients who had a higher risk for mortality, acute care visits, and readmissions.

About nine out of ten people with diabetes have type 2 diabetes. The good news is that type 2 diabetes can be prevented or postponed by making healthy lifestyle choices. Diabetes is a lifelong ...

Credit: Getty Images J Eugene Huffstutter, MD, and Robert G Hylland, MD, discuss the evolving concept of frailty in rheumatology. Frailty is increasingly being viewed as an emerging risk factor ...