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TL;DR: A 2026 prospective observational study in BMC Pulmonary Medicine found that patients recovering at home after day-case video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) wedge resection steadily increased their step counts over 4 weeks, while lower early activ…
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TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review in PLOS One found that ketogenic diet therapies were linked to more 50% seizure reductions in drug-resistant epilepsy, with clearer evidence in children and more uncertainty for near-complete seizure control, side effects, adher…
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TL;DR: A 2026 cross-sectional study in BMC Medical Education found that German students in health-related degree programs who had personally experienced discrimination reported lower belonging, lower academic self-efficacy, lower study engagement, and higher g…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Journal of Neural Engineering reported that adding passive recordings from bidirectional deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrodes to scalp electroencephalography (EEG) improved simulated deep-brain source localization, especially near the…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in Journal of Medical Internet Research tested the web-based Health Check-Up for Expectant Moms program in 176 pregnant women at risk for substance use or sexually transmitted infection risk, but reductions in alcohol, cannabis,…
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TL;DR: Major depressive disorder and vitiligo may share immune-inflammatory gene signatures. In PLOS One in 2026, the analysis frames MAPK14 as a preliminary candidate marker that still needs clinical and laboratory validation. Key Findings Two public disease…
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TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis in Musculoskeletal Science and Practice found that people with carpal tunnel syndrome had higher blood markers tied to fibrosis and inflammation, along with lower vitamins and minerals, but the evidence was too…
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TL;DR: A 2026 analysis in Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health of 827 middle-aged adults found that profiles combining intestinal-permeability biomarkers with age, cardiometabolic risk, or lifestyle factors were associated with smaller brain volumes and higher…
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TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis in Journal of Medical Internet Research found that artificial intelligence models trained only on overnight pulse-oximetry oxygen-saturation data detected obstructive sleep apnea with 91.1% sensitivity…
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TL;DR: A 2026 laboratory study in ACS Omega reported that a laser-induced graphene sensor detected dopamine across a controlled range in artificial human tears, supporting a possible noninvasive biomarker-monitoring route that still needs real human tear testi…
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