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Optimizing Lifestyle Interventions to Prevent Cognitive Decline in Older Adults: Insights from a Comprehensive Network Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 10/20/2025

A large-scale network meta-analysis highlights that combined physical exercise and cognitive training most effectively improve cognition in older adults without impairment, emphasizing tailored lifestyle strategies for dementia prevention.

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Mid-to-Late-Life Smoking Cessation Slows Long-Term Cognitive Decline: Insights from a 12-Country Longitudinal Study

By MedXY 10/20/2025

Smoking cessation in middle-aged and older adults is linked to a slower decline in memory and fluency over six years, suggesting quitting smoking benefits long-term cognitive health regardless of age at cessation.

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Revolutionizing Spinocerebellar Ataxia Assessment: The Novel Digital Composite Balance Score SIBA

By MedXY 10/19/2025

The Score of Integrated Balance in Ataxia (SIBA) is a newly developed digital composite score that accurately measures standing and walking balance in spinocerebellar ataxia, enabling smaller, more efficient clinical trials with improved sensitivity to disease progression compared to existing scales.

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Emerging Threat: Active West Nile Virus Transmission in Brazil Reveals Critical Public Health Challenge

By MedXY 10/18/2025

Recent evidence confirms active West Nile virus transmission across Brazil with significant neurological impact and fatalities, emphasizing the need for enhanced surveillance and public health action in South America.

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Predicting Seizure Recurrence After a First Unprovoked Seizure: Key Prognostic Factors and Clinical Implications

By MedXY 10/12/2025

This article examines prognostic factors predicting seizure recurrence after a first unprovoked seizure in children and adults, highlighting the roles of EEG abnormalities, brain imaging, nocturnal seizures, and family history, while addressing evidence limitations and future directions.

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Harnessing Combined Immersive and Nonimmersive Virtual Reality with Mirror Therapy in Stroke Rehabilitation: Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

By MedXY 10/12/2025

Moderate-quality evidence from 14 RCTs supports combined immersive and nonimmersive VR with mirror therapy to enhance upper extremity function and hand dexterity in stroke survivors, though clinical significance needs cautious interpretation.

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Enhancing Care for Dementia: The Impact of Dementia Literacy Interventions on Caregivers

By MedXY 10/12/2025

A meta-analysis shows that dementia literacy interventions significantly reduce caregiver burden and improve knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy among caregivers of people with dementia.

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Brexpiprazole in Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Agitation: Modest Gains Amidst Safety Uncertainties

By MedXY 10/12/2025

This review evaluates brexpiprazole's efficacy and safety for agitation in Alzheimer's disease, revealing modest symptom improvement but uncertain safety profiles, underscoring the need for individualized therapy and further research.

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Probiotics and Cognitive Health: Evaluating the Evidence from Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

By MedXY 10/12/2025

An umbrella review synthesizes evidence from 156 RCTs assessing probiotics' effects on cognitive-related outcomes, showing moderate- to high-quality support for cognitive benefits but highlighting need for further trials on strains and dosing.

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Alzheimer’s Disease: Navigating Controversies and Shaping Future Strategies

By MedXY 10/10/2025

Recent advances in anti-β amyloid monoclonal antibodies offer promising reductions in Alzheimer’s disease progression but spark debate regarding their clinical impact, cost-effectiveness, and accessibility. Emerging biomarkers and preventive approaches herald a new era in personalized dementia care.

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Simvastatin Fails to Slow Disability Progression in Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis: Insights from the Phase 3 MS-STAT2 Trial

By MedXY 10/10/2025

In a large phase 3 trial, simvastatin 80 mg daily did not reduce disability progression in secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, challenging prior phase 2 results and underscoring the complexity of neurodegeneration in SPMS.

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Decoding SUDEP: Key Risk Markers and the Role of Peri-Ictal Apnoea in Epilepsy Mortality

By MedXY 10/10/2025

A decade-long prospective study identifies living alone, convulsive seizure frequency, and peri-ictal apnoea as pivotal predictors for sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), highlighting the potential of cardiorespiratory monitoring in risk assessment.

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How Poor Sleep Accelerates Brain Aging: The Role of Inflammation and What You Can Do

By MedXY 10/08/2025

New research links poor sleep quality in middle-aged and older adults to accelerated brain aging, with inflammation playing a key role. Improving sleep may help slow cognitive decline and promote brain health.

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Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation: A Promising New Therapy for Erythematotelangiectatic Rosacea

By MedXY 10/08/2025

A randomized trial demonstrates that 3 weeks of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation significantly reduces facial erythema, flushing, and associated neuropsychiatric symptoms in erythematotelangiectatic rosacea, with effects persisting 24 weeks post-treatment.

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Aspirin Use in Older Adults: Insights from the ASPREE-XT Study on Healthy Lifespan

By MedXY 10/07/2025

Extended follow-up from the ASPREE-XT study shows low-dose aspirin does not improve healthy lifespan—defined as survival free of dementia, persistent disability, or death—in healthy older adults, and its risks include increased major hemorrhagic events.

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Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Syndrome Presenting with Ophthalmic and Neurological Symptoms: A Case Report

By MedXY 10/05/2025

A 38-year-old male with bilateral blurred vision and neurological symptoms was diagnosed with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada syndrome and managed successfully with corticosteroids and immunosuppressants.

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Unraveling the Link Between Traumatic Brain Injury and ALS Risk: Insights From a Large UK Cohort Study

By MedXY 10/05/2025

A large retrospective cohort study reveals a transient association between traumatic brain injury (TBI) and elevated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) risk, suggesting early ALS symptoms may predispose to injury rather than TBI causing ALS.

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Balancing Act in Traumatic Acute Subdural Hematoma: Acute Surgery vs Conservative Management

By MedXY 10/04/2025

A multicenter study found no superior outcomes between acute surgical evacuation and conservative treatment for traumatic acute subdural hematoma, suggesting conservative management may be appropriate when surgical equipoise exists.

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Unraveling the Link Between Anxiety and Dizziness in Vestibular Schwannoma Patients: Insights From a Retrospective Cohort Study

By MedXY 10/04/2025

A recent study reveals that anxiety significantly correlates with increased dizziness severity in patients with vestibular schwannoma, highlighting an underexplored psychological dimension in symptom burden and prompting calls for integrated management approaches.

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Memantine Shows Promise for Improving Social Impairment in Youths with Autism Spectrum Disorder

By MedXY 10/01/2025

A 12-week randomized clinical trial demonstrates memantine’s efficacy and safety in improving social impairments in youths with ASD, with elevated pgACC glutamate levels serving as a predictive biomarker for treatment response.