A new framework to prevent and manage frailty in older Australians has been developed in a national project led by University of Queensland researchers. The Australian Consensus Statements are ...

Checking for frailty and treating it should be top priorities when providing healthcare and health planning for older adults, according to a report published Aug. 7 in the New England Journal of ...

In a study published online by JAMA Surgery, Daniel E. Hall, M.D., M.Div., M.H.Sc., of the Veterans Affairs Pittsburgh Healthcare System and University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues examined the ...

Frailty and vulnerability screening tools used in emergency departments (EDs) had high sensitivity but low specificity for predicting adverse outcomes among older adults, limiting their standalone ...

The Johns Hopkins Hope at Hopkins Clinic: Supporting the comprehensive needs of individuals with metastatic breast cancer. Planning an enhanced telemedicine program for prostate cancer care: A ...

Machine learning could be the key component in developing effective early screening systems identifying frailty in middle aged and older Australians. With increasing evidence showing physiological ...

Dr. Hope Rugo and Dr. Peter Lee discuss frailty, geriatric assessments, and personalized care for older adults with genitourinary cancer. They highlight screening guidelines, treatment considerations, ...

Nearly three-quarters of UK hospitals are not routinely screening older surgical patients for frailty, despite known risks of adverse outcomes. A study by the Royal College of Anaesthetists (RCoA) and ...

Although older patients with ATTR-CA were found to have a high prevalence of frailty, they were considered independent based on ADL scores, a potentially—and seriously misleading—finding. Little ...

Understanding Frailty in Cancer CareFrailty is more than just a buzzword in the world of surgery—it’s a real, measurable ...