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TL;DR: Across 24 studies of adults with depression, anxiety or stress, talk therapy built around getting back to work was linked to a modestly higher chance of fully returning. Its edge over other care for symptoms was small and faded by later follow-up. Key F…
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TL;DR: In 3 large birth studies covering 5.3 million children, kids whose mothers had type 1 or type 2 diabetes before pregnancy were about a third more likely to develop epilepsy. Diabetes that first appears during pregnancy showed no clear link, and none of…
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TL;DR: In a pooled review of 8 studies of 980 people with depression and sleep problems, sleep tests showed more deep sleep and less light sleep after taking trazodone than before. Compared with placebo, though, the deep-sleep gain was not clear, and drowsines…
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TL;DR: Across 5 small trials of 343 people after stroke, people who sat in bright morning light reported better sleep quality than comparison groups. But measured time awake at night showed no clear change, so the benefit may be more about how sleep feels. Key…
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TL;DR: A 2026 meta-analysis in Neurological Sciences pooled 10 studies that gave people with Parkinson’s disease, tested while on their dopamine medication, and healthy adults the same “think of as many ideas as you can” tasks. On average, the two groups score…
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TL;DR: A meta-analysis pooling 63 studies and 265,079 people found that cannabis users had about twice the odds of committing violence as non-users (2.05 times in the general population, 2.49 times among psychiatric patients). The gap shrank to 1.17 times in s…
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TL;DR: A review of 17 randomized trials found that women who exercised had lower depression scores than women given usual care, both during pregnancy and after birth. The evidence is rated low to very low certainty, and the studies varied a lot. For anxiety du…
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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 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 systematic review and meta-analysis in Journal of Medical Internet Research found that care robots showed a low-certainty reduction in neuropsychiatric symptoms, but six other pooled outcome domains did not reach statistical significance. Key Fin…
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