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TL;DR: A 2026 review in Translational Neurodegeneration found that most repurposed multiple system atrophy drugs failed to show disease-slowing effects in trials, while ubiquinol produced the clearest placebo-controlled motor-progression signal. Key Findings N…
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TL;DR: A 2026 Current Biology study found that bacterial polysaccharides, including peptidoglycan from Gram-positive bacteria, activated the C. elegans NSM enteric sensory neuron and shifted feeding and movement behavior through acid-sensing ion channels. Key…
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TL;DR: A 2026 nationwide study in Journal of Korean Medical Science found that among South Korean children and adolescents with intellectual disability, diagnosed ADHD increased from 30.23% in 2012 to 41.77% in 2021, while diagnosed depression increased from 1…
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TL;DR: A 2026 mouse study in Neuropsychopharmacology found that brain iron deficiency made an opioid-responsive striatal pathway unusually sensitive to D1 dopamine receptor stimulation, pointing to a possible circuit mechanism for restless legs syndrome and op…
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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint found that multivariate resting-state electroencephalography (EEG) network markers separated non-lesional epilepsy from functional/dissociative seizures above chance, but the best model was stronger at identifying epilepsy than a…
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TL;DR: A 2026 umbrella review in PLOS One pooled Ethiopian systematic reviews and estimated that 22.49% of women had perinatal depressive symptoms, with similar estimates during pregnancy and after birth. Key Findings Eight-review evidence base: Researchers in…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in The British Journal of Psychiatry found that psychiatrists described parental profession as shaping psychiatry career choice mainly through role modeling, family values, autonomy, guidance, and lived experience with mental health. Key Fi…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine found that 36 of 42 Hodgkin lymphoma survivors tested after mantle radiation therapy had obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), despite mostly normal BMIs and slender necks — an under-recognized phenotype linke…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports found 70 known Australian fatal poisonings involving new psychoactive stimulants and hallucinogens (NPSH), a category of newer stimulant- or hallucinogen-like drugs that often appeared alongside other…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions used lecanemab pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling in early Alzheimer’s disease and found that blood biomarkers worsened after treatment stopped, while monthly…
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