[Diabetes and frailty in the elderly: a cross-sectional study of an outpatient population].

Screening for frailty syndrome, a marker of mortality risk, dependence, and institutionalization, is currently recommended in primary care to prevent its consequences effectively. Elderly diabetic individuals represent a significant and growing proportion of general practitioners' patient population, but their frailty status compared to the non-diabetic population is poorly understood. To study the relationship between diabetes and frailty in individuals aged 75 and older in general medicine.

Hypervitaminemia B12 and malignant diseases: report of a cross-sectional study in an acute geriatric unit.

Hypervitaminemia B12 has been associated or linked with a range of conditions, the majority of which are serious. Between March 26, 2014 and June 30, 2014, all patients aged ≥65 years, hospitalized in an acute geriatric unit in the university hospital center of Reims (France) were included in an observational study. 190 patients were included.