TL;DR: In regions where the pork tapeworm is common, about 1 in 4 people with seizures had signs of tapeworm cysts in the brain, based on 35 well-defined studies. That share roughly halved in studies from after 2008, though it is unclear how much of the drop is real. https://brainasap.com/?p=9369

TL;DR: Across 55 trials of brain stimulation for arm recovery after stroke, about 95% of people finished treatment, the same share as those given fake stimulation or usual care. Side effects were mostly mild headaches and skin tingling. https://brainasap.com/?p=9365

TL;DR: In a review of 25 trials on arm recovery after stroke, robot-assisted training had the most consistent evidence of beating standard physical therapy. Virtual reality helped a little, and brain-computer interfaces had too little data to judge. https://brainasap.com/?p=9361

TL;DR: Across 12 small trials, people with Parkinson's who trained on walking robots scored a bit better on balance and a timed walking test than people who got other therapy. The evidence is low quality, so the true benefit may be smaller. https://brainasap.com/?p=9357

TL;DR: Pooling 20 small trials in Parkinson's disease, structured exercise improved movement-exam scores, freezing while walking and one balance test compared with usual care. The strongest evidence was for the movement exam, and no one type of exercise stood out. https://brainasap.com/?p=9353

TL;DR: In sleeping mice, blood volume in the brain rose sharply during REM sleep, yet the energy molecule ATP inside neurons dropped. It bounced back as soon as the mice woke, suggesting REM sleep spends energy faster than blood supply alone can explain. https://brainasap.com/?p=9349

TL;DR: Across 27 trials in older adults with mild memory and thinking problems, tai chi and qigong classes lifted overall thinking scores by a moderate amount compared with no exercise. More weekly minutes were not always better, and the dosing patterns still need testi https://brainasap.com/?p=9345

TL;DR: In a 4-week trial of 100 stroke rehab inpatients, walking practice on a robot showed no clear advantage over regular physiotherapy for walking independence or daily activities. Both groups improved, and the robot group rated their own health higher. https://brainasap.com/?p=9341

TL;DR: Across 10 studies and 13,110 stroke patients, ambulances carrying their own CT scanner got clot-busting treatment started about 26 minutes sooner than regular ambulances. The review found no clear difference in recovery or safety, though it may have been too smal https://brainasap.com/?p=9337

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 medicines as cause https://brainasap.com/?p=9333

TL;DR: Pooling 114 brain-scan studies, researchers found that grammar and arithmetic both lit up four spots on the left side of the brain, all part of a general problem-solving network. Beyond that, each skill leaned on its own separate regions. https://brainasap.com/?p=9324

TL;DR: Among 183 people with Parkinson's in Finland, daytime sleepiness, napping, restless legs, sleep talking and nightmares all became more common over five years. Insomnia stayed about the same. Key Findings Daytime sleepiness: 31% to 39%. Daily naps: 21% to 3 https://brainasap.com/?p=9321

TL;DR: In a review of 84 studies covering 4.1 million people, those with psychological distress or job strain had roughly 30% higher risk of a first stroke. The studies were observational, so they cannot show that stress itself causes strokes. https://brainasap.com/?p=9318

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. https://brainasap.com/?p=9314

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. https://brainasap.com/?p=9310

TL;DR: In 338 adults with sleep apnea, breathing events ran about 38 an hour on the back versus about 22 on either side. This past-records study shows a link, not that changing position helps. https://brainasap.com/?p=9300

TL;DR: In a Chinese trial of 108 breast cancer survivors, 7 weeks of daily self-acupressure eased a combined score for fatigue, poor sleep and low mood more than pressing fake points or usual care. The gains held 12 weeks later, though all results were self-reported. https://brainasap.com/?p=9297

TL;DR: In a small Pakistan pilot, 23 of 25 adults given an Urdu version of a talk therapy for anxiety and depression finished all 14 weeks. The trial was too small to show the therapy works. https://brainasap.com/?p=9294

TL;DR: Across 55 trials in low- and middle-income countries (5,041 adults), people who got therapy had much lower PTSD symptoms than people on a wait-list or other comparison. The evidence was very low certainty because many trials were weakly run. https://brainasap.com/?p=9291

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. https://brainasap.com/?p=9287

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. https://brainasap.com/?p=9283

TL;DR: A therapy app did not reduce depression scores more than a look-alike education app in a trial of adults with past concussions. Insomnia scores improved more with the therapy app, but only 42 of 113 participants completed the main 12-week check-in. https://brainasap.com/?p=9279

TL;DR: Women who reported 10+ brain injuries from a partner performed on a speed test like someone about 21 years older than their actual age. https://brainasap.com/?p=9273

TL;DR: A 2026 pooled analysis in CNS Drugs combined two six-week trials of adults whose depression hadn't responded well enough to an antidepressant. https://brainasap.com/lumateperone-42-mg-adjunctive-depression-side-effects-pooled-trials/

TL;DR: A 2026 pooled analysis in CNS Drugs combined two six-week trials of adults whose depression hadn't responded well enough to an antidepressant. https://brainasap.com/?p=9263

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. https://brainasap.com/?p=9268

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). https://brainasap.com/?p=9255

TL;DR: In an online survey of 126 mothers of toddlers in Taiwan, mothers who reported more depressive symptoms also tended to describe their toddler's sleep as more of a problem and to report longer times to fall asleep. https://brainasap.com/?p=9258

TL;DR: In a small German study of 24 refugee women with trauma symptoms, scores on three symptom questionnaires stayed flat during an 8-week wait, then dropped after 8 weekly dance movement therapy sessions. https://brainasap.com/?p=9246

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. https://brainasap.com/?p=9249