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TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis in Journal of Medical Internet Research found that immersive virtual reality reduced anxiety and pain in randomized trials of gastrointestinal cancer care, but wide prediction intervals and low evidence certain…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint on medRxiv found that in-person cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia and several shorter behavioral versions were linked with higher post-treatment insomnia remission than sleep hygiene or other control conditions, but the evidence…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv reported that frailty and medical comorbidity predicted short-term outcomes more clearly than psychiatric history among older adults evaluated by consultation-liaison psychiatry teams in Spanish general hospitals. Key Findings…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv found that stroke survivors doing motor imagery showed changing brain-heart coupling across rehabilitation sessions, especially between cardiac sympathetic activity and electroencephalography (EEG) beta-band network clustering…
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TL;DR: A 2026 case study in International Medical Case Reports Journal described a 42-year-old man whose chronic insomnia improved after celiac disease was diagnosed and treated with a gluten-free diet, but the report cannot prove gluten exposure caused the sl…
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TL;DR: A 2026 Danish register study in British Journal of Health Psychology found that higher divorce conflict was linked to more prescriptions, more primary care visits, and higher hospitalisation odds across the years around legal divorce. Key Findings 1,784…
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TL;DR: A 2026 secondary analysis in Addiction found that adults switched to very-low-nicotine cigarettes often used alternative nicotine products and maintained much higher nicotine intake than cigarette-only users. Key Findings 438 smokers: The parent randomi…
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TL;DR: A 2026 real-world study in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist use was associated with lower 3-year cardiovascular-event risk in adults with obesity and obstructive sleep apnea. Key Findings 18,523 matc…
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TL;DR: A 2026 crossover study in Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging found that adding electrical muscle stimulation to low-intensity resistance exercise improved inhibitory control in young men, while stimulation alone showed a delayed 15-minute benefi…
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TL;DR: A 2026 pilot randomized trial in Nursing in Critical Care found that an 8-week home-based program combining exercise with computerized cognitive training was feasible in 36 ICU survivors and produced larger reductions in patient-reported post-intensive…
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