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AI-powered wearable boosts preventative care for elderly

by Alexandra Pere, University of Arizona edited by Gaby Clark, reviewed by Robert Egan  Editors’ notes Continuous gait monitoring for frailty detection. Credit: Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-67728-y University of Arizona researchers in the Gutruf Lab have developed a comfortable, easy-to-use wearable device that incorporates artificial intelligence to detect subtle warning signs of frailty, signifying a leap forward in elderly […]

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A Scheduling Shift That Changed Preventive Care for Seniors

A simple change in how primary care visits are structured could help more older patients receive annual preventive care check-ups, new research suggested. Monthly rates of annual wellness visits for Medicare patients increased sixfold when a health system folded them into problem-based office appointments, according to findings published recently in the Annals of Family Medicine. Courtney D. Wellman,

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