The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Study reveals that meeting physical activity guidelines has a stronger impact on reducing mortality risk with age, while the influence of other health factors diminishes over time. Study: Physical ...

The risk of falling and having fall-related problems increases with age. To help reduce this risk, UAB Medicine’s Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) Falls Clinic was created to help patients ...

Although it has probably existed since antiquity, elder abuse was first described in the medical literature in the 1970s. 1 Many initial attempts to define the clinical spectrum of the phenomenon and ...

Frailty is closely linked to adverse outcomes in older adults, particularly those with heart failure. Numerous epidemiologic ...