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Multiple Sclerosis Frailty Exercise Improved Fatigue in 6 Weeks

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A 2026 pilot randomized trial in 16 frail adults with multiple sclerosis found that 6 weeks of supervised multimodal exercise was feasible: retention was 87.5%, adherence was 97.2%, no adverse events were recorded, and fatigue and quality-of-life scores moved more than they did with waitlist control.1 Research Highlights Feasibility cleared the prespecified bar: 14 of …

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Risky Alcohol Use Doubled Aneurysm Rupture Odds; THC Signal Was Null

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A 2026 prospective German aneurysm cohort found risky alcohol use in 4.6% of 954 intracranial aneurysm patients, and that exposure carried 2.00x higher adjusted odds of aneurysm rupture plus 3.26x higher adjusted odds of clinically severe aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage. Research Highlights Risky alcohol was the main signal: drinking above the study threshold was independently associated …

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Low CALLY Index Predicted Mortality in Adults With Depression Symptoms

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A 2026 NHANES mortality analysis found that adults with PHQ-9 depressive symptoms had lower long-term all-cause mortality when their CALLY index was higher: in the fully adjusted model, each 1-unit higher log-CALLY value carried a hazard ratio of 0.59, with a 95% confidence interval from 0.51 to 0.68.1 The useful interpretation is prognostic, not therapeutic: …

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Smoking Linked to 1.75x Higher Sleep Apnea Severity in Pomerania Study

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A 2026 population-based polysomnography study involving 1,206 adults found current smokers had 1.75x higher odds of worse obstructive sleep apnea severity than non-smokers or occasional smokers after adjustment for age and body mass index. Former smokers showed almost the same overall signal — 1.76x higher odds than never smokers — but that part of the …

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