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TL;DR: Pooling 59 trials, all from China, researchers found that adding acupuncture or electroacupuncture to standard rehab after a stroke was linked to better leg movement scores for people with foot drop. But the studies varied widely and many had quality pr…
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TL;DR: Stroke patients whose brain arteries showed tiny traveling clots on an ultrasound scan had nearly 3 times the odds of poor recovery than those without, across 13 studies. The signals may mark a more unstable stroke rather than cause the worse outcome. K…
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TL;DR: In regions where the pork tapeworm is common, about 1 in 4 people with seizures had signs of tapeworm cysts in the brain, based on 35 well-defined studies. That share roughly halved in studies from after 2008, though it is unclear how much of the drop i…
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TL;DR: Across 12 small trials, people with Parkinson’s who trained on walking robots scored a bit better on balance and a timed walking test than people who got other therapy. The evidence is low quality, so the true benefit may be smaller. Key Findings 12 ran…
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TL;DR: Pooling 20 small trials in Parkinson’s disease, structured exercise improved movement-exam scores, freezing while walking and one balance test compared with usual care. The strongest evidence was for the movement exam, and no one type of exercise stood…
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TL;DR: Across 27 trials in older adults with mild memory and thinking problems, tai chi and qigong classes lifted overall thinking scores by a moderate amount compared with no exercise. More weekly minutes were not always better, and the dosing patterns still…
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TL;DR: Across 10 studies and 13,110 stroke patients, ambulances carrying their own CT scanner got clot-busting treatment started about 26 minutes sooner than regular ambulances. The review found no clear difference in recovery or safety, though it may have bee…
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TL;DR: Across four small studies, adults with vestibular migraine, a type that causes dizzy spells, scored noticeably lower on thinking tests than healthy people, even between attacks. The review was small and could not rule out anxiety, poor sleep or medicine…
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TL;DR: Pooling 114 brain-scan studies, researchers found that grammar and arithmetic both lit up four spots on the left side of the brain, all part of a general problem-solving network. Beyond that, each skill leaned on its own separate regions. Key Findings 1…
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TL;DR: In a review of 84 studies covering 4.1 million people, those with psychological distress or job strain had roughly 30% higher risk of a first stroke. The studies were observational, so they cannot show that stress itself causes strokes. Key Findings 84…
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