Current models of mortality risk after heart failure (HF) rely primarily on cardiac-specific clinical variables and may underestimate risk in elderly East Asian patients. Researchers from Japan used ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Physical function correlated with outcomes among patients who underwent CAR T-cell therapy. Those with worse ...

Physical activity reduces chronic disease risks, improves function, and extends lifespan, thus supporting clinicians’ use of exercise prescriptions as a health intervention, new research suggests. A ...

Physical function tests, like grip strength and walking speed, could help predict which older adults are most likely to return to the hospital after discharge, according to new research published in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patient-reported physical function predicts which patients gain greatest survival benefit from daratumumab.

The new trial tested whether peanut butter supplementation improves physical function, muscle strength, and muscle mass in ...

A study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity describes the effects of physical exercise on the physical function of older adults staying in residential care facilities. Study: Effects of physical ...

The study identified practical instruments for monitoring physical function in people with hemophilia by pinpointing 11 potential markers and establishing performance-based tests for 5 of these ...

Kyphosis, an excessive forward curvature of the thoracic spine, is increasingly recognised as a significant factor affecting physical function in older adults. Characterised not only by postural ...

Often referred to as the “wear and tear” arthritis, osteoarthritis occurs when the body no longer repairs joint tissue damaged from aging, injury, obesity or genetics. Most common in the knee, there ...