frailty
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Long-lasting, low-grade inflammation is known to contribute to many conditions associated with aging, including heart disease, frailty, and cognitive decline.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
Older adults still require adequate protein, vitamin B12, calcium and vitamin D - especially to preserve muscle mass and prevent frailty.
From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 2026
Like Donne, we can mine wisdom from the frailty of our mortal bodies—but be grateful that when the bell tolls for thee, plague, smallpox and typhus won’t be to blame.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026
He helps to run a "hospital-at-home" service, which provides specialist hospital-level care to patients with frailty and conditions such as heart failure and respiratory illness.
From BBC • Jan. 11, 2026
More likely the worst would happen: the simple passage of time, in which his animal toughness would easily outlast my human frailty.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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