frailty

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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

These results could help explain the "survival-health paradox" seen in post-menopausal women, who often live longer than men but experience higher levels of frailty and chronic illness.

From Science Daily • Jan. 16, 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

Determined not to let his frailty and his stature stand in his way, in high school he went out for every sport he could think of, mastering none but playing all of them tenaciously.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown