The degree of frailty as a translational measure of health in aging

SE Howlett, AD Rutenberg, K Rockwood - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
Frailty is a multiply determined, age-related state of increased risk for adverse health
outcomes. We review how the degree of frailty conditions the development of late-life …

The prevalence and outcomes of frail older adults in clinical trials in multiple myeloma: A systematic review

H Mian, A McCurdy, S Giri, S Grant, B Rochwerg… - Blood cancer …, 2023 - nature.com
Multiple myeloma (MM) is an incurable blood cancer that primarily affects older adults.
Several frailty tools have been developed to address the heterogeneity of aging in this …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of the skin, oral and gut microbiome with aging, frailty and infection risk reservoirs in older adults

PJ Larson, W Zhou, A Santiago, S Driscoll, E Fleming… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
Older adults represent a vulnerable population with elevated risk for numerous morbidities.
To explore the association of the microbiome with aging and age-related susceptibilities …

[HTML][HTML] Heterogeneity of aging: individual risk factors, mechanisms, patient priorities, and outcomes

L Ferrucci, GA Kuchel - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
William Osler, generally considered the Father of Modern Medicine, commented that
variability among individuals represented the main barrier to medical practice transitioning …

Longitudinal phenotypic aging metrics in the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging

PL Kuo, JA Schrack, ME Levine, MD Shardell… - Nature aging, 2022 - nature.com
To define metrics of phenotypic aging, it is essential to identify biological and environmental
factors that influence the pace of aging. Previous attempts to develop aging metrics were …

Improving the effectiveness of anti-aging modalities by using the constrained disorder principle-based management algorithms

N Hurvitz, N Elkhateeb, T Sigawi, L Rinsky-Halivni… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Aging is a complex biological process with multifactorial nature underlined by genetic,
environmental, and social factors. In the present paper, we review several mechanisms of …

[HTML][HTML] Comprehensive senior technology acceptance model of daily living assistive technology for older adults with frailty: cross-sectional study

HR Shin, SR Um, HJ Yoon, EY Choi, WC Shin… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - jmir.org
Background There are considerable gaps between the need for assistive technologies and
the actual adoption of these technologies among older adults, although older adults are …

Lessons for understanding central nervous system HIV reservoirs from the last gift program

PK Riggs, A Chaillon, G Jiang, SL Letendre… - Current HIV/AIDS …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Deep tissue HIV reservoirs, especially within the central
nervous system (CNS), are understudied due to the challenges of sampling brain, spinal …

Management of older adults with colorectal cancer: the role of geriatric assessment

AA Ozluk, D Outlaw, M Akce, ME Fowler… - Clinical Colorectal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Older adults share a growing burden of cancer morbidity and mortality. This is present
across the spectrum of oncologic diagnoses and is particularly true with colorectal cancer …

Can frailty scores predict the incidence of cancer? Results from two large population-based studies

JKL Mak, R Kuja-Halkola, Y Wang, S Hägg, J Jylhävä - GeroScience, 2023 - Springer
While chronological age is the single biggest risk factor for cancer, it is less clear whether
frailty, an age-related state of physiological decline, may also predict cancer incidence. We …