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frail

a quantity of raisins or figs equal to between 50 and 75 pounds
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The article noted that once frailty is identified it can often be treated with exercise, nutritional supplements and reducing inappropriate medication usage.
Frailty screening advised for adults
Among subjects who had high homocysteine, the risk of frailty was 49% greater than those whose homocysteine was low.
High homocysteine linked with frailty and earlier mortality in men
Arrowe Park Hospital, in Wirral, is putting in a number of innovations - including an Elderly Frailty Unit - designed to provide the most appropriate care at the right level for the over-60s.
NEW UNIT FOR ELDERLY AT HOSPITAL
The Gwent frailty programme aims to ensure people have access to the right person at the right time, focusing on preventative care - wherever possible avoiding hospital admissions, reducing the length of a hospital stay when admission is necessary, reducing the need for complex care packages, averting crises by providing the right amount of care when needed and co-ordinating communication by providing a named person for all contact.
Frailty is nurse Jane's forte
A structured frailty assessment has become an important tool for physicians in individualizing decisions regarding referral of elderly patients for heart procedures.
Two frailty assessment tools save time and expense
Walking speed is emerging as an important measure of frailty in older adults.
Walking speed and hypertension in older adults
A comparison of two approaches to measuring frailty in elderly people.
Sindrome da fragilidade biologica em idosos: revisao sistematica
But with exercise, they were less likely to lose their ability to rise from a chair, one component of frailty, Health news reported.
Exercise may experience less disability in elder age: Study suggests
Older Australian women are most at risk of frailty, according to new research that highlights how an online test and a series of simple interventions can help senior Australians maintain their independence and improve their health.
Australia : Frailty warning for seniors as innovative new test promises healthier ageing
11 (ANI): According to a study, following Mediterranean diet - which includes fruits and vegetables, whole grains, legumes and nuts - may reduce the risk of frailty in older adults.
Mediterranean diet can cut risk of frailty in older adults
The company will study metabolic syndrome in connection with aging frailty, a clinically-defined wasting syndrome that increases vulnerability to morbidity, injury and death.
Company Awarded Grant To Study Use Of Stem Cells In Metabolic Syndrome
Researchers defined frailty using a combination of five physical components: unintentional weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, weakness, slow walking speed, and low physical activity.
Smoking May Increase Frailty

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