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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 postmenstrua…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized trial in PLOS One found that 5 MIDI-assisted group music therapy sessions during psychiatric hospitalization reduced Depression Anxiety Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) stress scores more than 1 session, while anxiety, depression, life satisf…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized feasibility trial in JMIR Mental Health found both a structured AI therapy chatbot and ChatGPT reduced PHQ-9 depression scores versus assessment-only control, but neither AI condition improved anxiety significantly or beat the other. K…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in JAMA Network Open found that a therapy built to restore reward and positive emotion outperformed a matched negative-affect therapy for adults with depression, anxiety, and severely low positive affect. Key Findings PAT beat the matched t…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Psychological Medicine found that stopping maintenance antidepressants did not meaningfully change facial emotion recognition over 12 or 52 weeks in adults with recurrent depression who were currently well. Key Findings Trial sample: The…
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TL;DR: A 2026 randomized-trial preprint in medRxiv reported that 10 minutes of daily digital meditation reduced anxiety and mind wandering, with the largest gains in people who started with higher symptom burden. Key Findings Ten daily minutes reduced anxiety:…
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