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TL;DR: A 2026 study in PLOS One found that emergency call takers and dispatchers who used more negatively valenced words when describing a stressful work event reported higher depression and anxiety symptoms, while arousal-related language did not predict dist…
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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 meta-analysis in PLOS One found clinically important sleep problems in refugee and asylum-seeking populations, with pooled sleep-adversity prevalence of 43.2% in adults and 36.4% in children and adolescents. Key Findings 66 studies reviewed: The…
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TL;DR: A 2026 computational study in PLOS One used GEO Alzheimer’s datasets, 130 machine-learning models, and molecular simulations to identify eight candidate genes that may sit in a trichostatin A-related Alzheimer’s disease network. Key Findings 949 predict…
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TL;DR: A 2026 pilot trial in PLOS One found that a 7-day chicory-and-green-tea herbal supplement did not improve sleep, quality of life, or objective sleep architecture more than placebo in adults with insomnia. Key Findings Small crossover pilot: The crossove…
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TL;DR: A 2026 umbrella review in PLOS One pooled Ethiopian systematic reviews and estimated that 22.49% of women had perinatal depressive symptoms, with similar estimates during pregnancy and after birth. Key Findings Eight-review evidence base: Researchers in…
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TL;DR: A 2026 nationwide study in PLOS One found that adults age 40 and older in Iceland often had psychiatric diagnoses and psychotropic medication fills, with 20.8% receiving a diagnosis in the prior year and 34.2% filling at least one psychotropic prescript…
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TL;DR: A 2026 machine-learning study in PLOS One used student mental-health survey features to test an interpretable FT-Transformer plus LSTM model, which reached 95% accuracy for low, medium, and high risk prediction in a public dataset. Key Findings 95% accu…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in PLOS One found that people with Parkinson’s disease made more silent pauses while reading aloud, especially when sentences were longer or syntactically more complex. Key Findings Reading task compared 71 adults: Researchers compared 32 p…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in PLOS One found that one week of Bhagavad Gita learning, alone or paired with yoga, was associated with lower Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scores in Indian healthcare workers, with the strongest 45-day responder rate…
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