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Language and Theory of Mind Separate by Age 3 in Child Brain Scans

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A 2026 fMRI study found language and theory-of-mind activation already separated in 54 child sessions from ages 3-9, with strict child overlap near zero in the left superior temporal lobe (Dice 0.015) and no evidence that the 2 systems disentangled with age.1 The result pushes against a simple developmental story in which language grows out …

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Survivors RESET Reduced Stress, Weight in Black Breast Cancer Survivors

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A 2026 single-arm Survivors RESET study enrolled 20 Black female breast cancer survivors with obesity and elevated stress, then met its enrollment, retention, and adherence feasibility benchmarks while missing its stricter satisfaction benchmark by 5 percentage points.1 Weight fell by 2.4 kg and perceived stress fell by 6.9 PSS-10 points over 4 months, but without …

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AI Mental Status Exam Benchmark Shows Qwen3-Omni Reasoning Gap

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A 2026 medRxiv benchmark found Qwen3-Omni reached only moderate agreement with expert mental status examination panels: AC1 = 0.70 vs. UTHealth and 0.72 vs. Yale, below expert agreement of 0.87; its aggregate performance masked a clinical reasoning gap, overcalling visible signs such as speech and affect while missing delusions and perceptual abnormalities.1 Research Highlights Expert …

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Web-Based Exercise Reduced Postmenopause Depression and Sleep Scores

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A 2026 randomized trial in early postmenopausal women found that 8 weeks of app-based combined aerobic and resistance exercise reduced Beck Depression Inventory scores by 7.30 points, compared with 2.20 points after education-only control and 5.65 points after face-to-face exercise. A structured home program delivered through a mobile platform improved depression, fatigue, sleep quality, and …

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iSupport-Malaysia Dementia Caregiver Program Scored 74.3 on Usability

A 2026 mixed-methods preprint found that iSupport-Malaysia, a multimedia web-based dementia caregiver psychoeducation program, reached a good System Usability Scale score of 74.3. That is enough to justify pilot testing, but not enough to claim caregiver mental-health benefit: 33.3% of usability-test participants failed sign-up, 20.0% failed search, and Loh et al. did not measure burden, …

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LIFU vs. rTMS for Stroke Recovery: Same 2-Week Endpoint, Larger FMA Gains

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A 2026 secondary randomized-trial analysis found that low-intensity focused ultrasound and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation reached statistically similar 2-week post-treatment motor scores after subacute stroke, even though LIFU produced larger median Fugl–Meyer Assessment gains than rTMS: 7 vs. 2 upper-limb points and 3 vs. 1 lower-limb points.1 LIFU therefore carries the recovery-dynamics signal in this …

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Levetiracetam Range in Children: 2.82-24.37 mcg/mL TDM

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A 2026 real-world study involving 1,174 children with epilepsy proposed a levetiracetam therapeutic drug monitoring range of 2.82-24.37 mcg/mL, much lower than commonly cited adult-style ranges, but the same data also warned against treating a drug level as a stand-alone seizure-control predictor. Research Highlights Lower pediatric range: Sun et al. proposed an observational levetiracetam range …

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