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TL;DR: People with a common type of heart failure scored lower on thinking tests than healthy people of similar age, and an MRI sign of the brain’s fluid-clearing system was lower on the left side of their brains. Lower values of that sign went with lower thin…
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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: A 2026 cross-sectional study in PLOS One found that people with post COVID-19 condition reported worse quality of life, fatigue, sleep, psychological wellbeing, and subjective cognition than COVID-19 survivors without the condition, while many objective…
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TL;DR: A 2026 pilot randomized trial in Nursing in Critical Care found that an 8-week home-based program combining exercise with computerized cognitive training was feasible in 36 ICU survivors and produced larger reductions in patient-reported post-intensive…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in Physiotherapy Research International found that adding active 5 Hz repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) over the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex to dual-task stroke rehabilitation produced larger gains in Timed U…
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TL;DR: A 2026 protocol in JMIR Research Protocols describes EXCEL-PD, a randomized trial testing whether 26 weeks of virtually supervised home endurance and resistance exercise is feasible, safe, and biologically informative for people with Parkinson disease.…
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TL;DR: A 2026 retrospective analysis posted to medRxiv linked diclofenac and naproxen use in the NACC cohort to lower dementia and Alzheimer disease prevalence, while diclofenac use was also associated with slower Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) cognitive…
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TL;DR: A 2026 prospective mild-stroke cohort study in Circulation linked basilar artery dolichoectasia and wider cranial arteries to lacunar stroke and cerebral small-vessel disease, while large-artery stenosis did not show the same association. Key Findings 2…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv reported that a urine beta-amyloid protein test kit separated mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease from healthy controls in a multicenter Chinese sample, while a 51,187-person community screen showed age-related po…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint on medRxiv found that older adults with mild-cognitive-impairment-level scores showed different resting facial action patterns than healthy controls, especially upper lip raiser, lip tightener, and lip suck measures. Key Findings MCI-lev…
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