TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review in Sports Medicine – Open found that esports gameplay can raise heart rate, stress physiology, and energy expenditure, but the overall metabolic demand generally stayed in the light-activity range. Key Findings 176 records screened: The review searched PubMed, Embase, SPORTDiscus, Web of Science, and Scopus before narrowing to 5 eligible …
TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv reported that people living with dementia (PLwD) and carers were generally open to artificial intelligence (AI) support in structured medication reviews, but only when AI remained validated, transparent, secure, and subordinate to human clinical judgement. Key Findings 26-person qualitative sample: Researchers interviewed 12 people living with dementia and ran …
TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv found that routine non-contrast brain computed tomography (CT) had a low acute-pathology yield in 291 emergency patients with new dizziness, while diabetes, ataxic gait, and headache marked higher odds of abnormal CT findings. Key Findings 291-patient cohort: The retrospective analysis included consecutive adults with new-onset dizziness who underwent non-contrast …
TL;DR: A 2026 Nature Communications paper introduced EmulatRx, a multi-agent AI framework that used real-world clinical data to help design target-trial-emulation workflows for acute and chronic diseases, including Alzheimer disease and Parkinson disease examples. Key Findings 20-trial evaluation: Researchers curated 20 clinical trials, with 10 acute-condition trials from MIMIC-IV and 10 chronic-disease trials from INSIGHT. …
TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis in Journal of Medical Internet Research found that care robots showed a low-certainty reduction in neuropsychiatric symptoms, but six other pooled outcome domains did not reach statistical significance. Key Findings 34 randomized trials: The review included 34 randomized controlled studies across 17 countries, with 2,476 participants. 20 meta-analyzed …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in PLOS One found that UK survey participants rated LLM-generated impersonated debate responses as more authentic, coherent, and relevant than real televised-debate answers, even though many generated answers differed from what the real speakers said. Key Findings 948 UK participants: The survey used a representative cross-section of British society to rate …
TL;DR: A 2026 secondary analysis in PLOS One found that low-intensity focused ultrasound and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) had similar short-term post-stroke motor endpoint scores, while change-from-baseline Fugl-Meyer gains were larger with focused ultrasound. Key Findings 50-person comparison: The analysis compared 25 subacute stroke patients assigned to LIFU with 25 assigned to rTMS. 10 …
TL;DR: A 2026 randomized controlled study in Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences found that adding 20 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) to risperidone was linked with lower cognitive-factor and aggression scores after 4 weeks in schizophrenia patients. Key Findings Schizophrenia trial sample: The single-center trial randomized 80 patients, with 40 assigned to risperidone alone …
TL;DR: A 2026 preprint posted on medRxiv found that iSupport-Malaysia, a culturally adapted multimedia dementia-caregiver platform, scored above the usual usability benchmark and was viewed as culturally appropriate by caregivers and healthcare professionals. Key Findings Four-phase adaptation: The WHO iSupport dementia program was translated into Bahasa Malaysia, culturally adapted, and rebuilt as multimedia e-learning. 23 …
TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making found that AI models using remote-monitoring data were most often studied in Parkinson’s disease, but 56 of 76 prospective studies had high risk of bias. Key Findings 6,668 records were screened: Researchers narrowed the search to 76 prospective studies of machine learning for …
