TL;DR: A 2026 qualitative analysis in PLOS One used 505 ME/CFS memorial entries to map how systemic neglect, clinical dismissal, social isolation, and personal burden appeared in accounts of illness and death. Key Findings 505 memorial entries: The analysis used the National CFIDS Foundation memorial list, downloaded in October 2024. 4 theme layers: Themes were …
TL;DR: A 2026 preprint on medRxiv tested suicide-risk vignettes and found that an independent supervisory safety agent detected intervention-level risk far more often than native ChatGPT Health safeguards. Key Findings 224 paired evaluations: Researchers tested suicide-related clinical vignettes under two information conditions, creating 224 paired comparisons between native safeguards and an external supervisory system. 91.5% …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in Neurology found that higher autonomic symptom burden in moderate-advanced dementia with Lewy bodies was linked to worse cognitive fluctuations, higher neuropsychiatric burden, and lower caregiver quality of life over time. Key Findings Autonomic burden was measured longitudinally across 189 people with moderate-advanced dementia with Lewy bodies. Higher Autonomic Symptom Checklist …
TL;DR: A longitudinal study in BMC Public Health followed Swedish municipal office workers before and after hybrid work became routine and found improved psychosocial work-experience scores, especially for time pressure, autonomy, leadership access, and women workers. Key Findings Work experience improved: Total Work Experience Measurement Scale scores increased after the transition to hybrid work. Time …
TL;DR: A pilot cohort study in JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies found that online emotional training after facial palsy surgery improved facial movement, social well-being, and anxiety about as much as in-person therapy in 16 adults. Key Findings Population: The study followed 16 adults after triple innervation surgery for unilateral peripheral facial nerve palsy. Delivery: …
TL;DR: A 2026 functional MRI (fMRI) study in Psychological Medicine found that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder shared some thalamus connectivity disruption, but each diagnosis showed a different subcortical network pattern across the thalamus, striatum, hippocampus, and amygdala. Key Findings 800-person MRI cohort: Researchers analyzed resting-state fMRI from 200 people with schizophrenia, 200 …
TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition found that extended caffeine therapy reduced intermittent hypoxia, brief repeated oxygen-desaturation episodes, in very preterm infants through 41 weeks postmenstrual age. Key Findings 160 infants randomized: The ICAF trial assigned 78 infants to placebo and 82 infants to extended caffeine …
TL;DR: A 2026 placebo-controlled study in Human Psychopharmacology: Clinical and Experimental found that ebselen did not meaningfully reduce motor impulsivity, reflection impulsivity, delay discounting, or emotion-recognition outcomes in 130 healthy adults. Key Findings 130 adults analyzed: The double-blind study compared 66 adults assigned to ebselen with 64 assigned to placebo. 1800 mg over 2 days: …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in European Journal of Psychotraumatology found that 3 days of Community Resiliency Model (CRM) training, a body-based trauma-regulation skills program, improved compassion, social cohesion, forgiveness, and resilience among 152 Rwandan genocide survivors, released perpetrators, and mixed survivor-perpetrator groups. Key Findings Three groups completed CRM training: Researchers studied 51 genocide survivors, 51 …
TL;DR: A 2026 study in Psychological Medicine found that cognitive reserve in non-affective first-episode psychosis was higher with greater genetic predisposition to educational attainment and lower with earlier psychosis onset or family history of psychosis. Key Findings 174 first-episode patients: Researchers analyzed people with non-affective first-episode psychosis, with a mean age of 25.5 years. Educational-attainment …
