Acupuncture plus robot therapy improves motor function in subacute stroke hemiplegia per meta-analysis
Combining Acupuncture and Robots Boosts Stroke Recovery
A meta-analysis of 20 RCTs (1,594 patients) found combined acupuncture and rehabilitation robot therapy superior to control for improving up…
Adding acupuncture to robot therapy helps stroke patients move better than robots alone, speeding recovery for those with paralysis after a …
Normal vestibular function testing associated with favorable hearing recovery prognosis in Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss patients
Normal Ear Tests Predict Hearing Recovery
This systematic review and meta-analysis of seven observational studies included 781 patients with Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing L…
Normal balance tests can predict hearing recovery in sudden hearing loss, giving doctors a new clue to help patients know what to expect.
Neuroimaging characteristics of early-onset Alzheimer's disease remain poorly elucidated compared to late-onset forms
New Brain Scans Reveal Early Alzheimer's Secrets
This systematic review evaluated neuroimaging modalities in patients with early-onset and late-onset Alzheimer's disease.
Early-onset Alzheimer's shrinks young brains in different places than older cases, meaning current scans often miss the disease in patients …
Systematic review finds CAEP latencies and amplitudes correlate with speech perception in noise
A Brain Wave Test Could Reveal Your Hidden Hearing Struggle
A systematic review of 442 adults with normal hearing, sensorineural hearing loss, or cochlear implants found that N1 and P2 latencies and N…
Doctors may soon use a painless brain activity test to objectively measure your real-world hearing struggles, especially in challenging plac…
Glial 5-HT signaling enables experience-dependent synapse remodeling in Drosophila and mammalian models
Serotonin Signals From Glia Can Reset Brain Wiring
This systematic review examines serotonergic glial interactions in brain circuit remodeling using Drosophila and mammalian models.
Support cells called glia use serotonin to reset brain wiring, offering a new way to fix learning disabilities and mental health issues with…
rTMS-integrated dual-task training showed robust effects on lower limb motor recovery in stroke survivors compared to single-task or dual-task walking groups
Walking Again: New Brain Trick Helps Stroke Survivors Move Better
This randomized controlled trial evaluated rTMS-integrated dual-task training versus single-task and cognitive-motor dual-task walking group…
A new method that uses a magnetic field to wake up the brain while patients practice walking could help them regain their independence soone…
Systematic review of data augmentation methods for EEG-based emotion recognition and cognitive workload decoding
New Trick Helps Computers Read Your Brain Signals Better
This systematic review evaluated data augmentation (DA) methods used in EEG-based emotion recognition and cognitive workload decoding.
A new trick helps computers read brain signals better by solving the problem that different people show different brain patterns for the sam…
Systematic review indicates central nuclei regulate bone metabolism via nerve projections or neuroendocrine pathways
Your Brain is Secretly Controlling Your Bones. Here’s How
This systematic review examined recent advances regarding central nuclei across the brain that regulate bone metabolism.
Your brain directly controls bone strength through a hidden network that could reshape osteoporosis treatment, though therapies are still in…
AI speech analysis distinguishes Alzheimer's disease from controls with high accuracy in a German cohort
Could Your Voice Reveal Alzheimer's Before Symptoms Get Worse?
This prospective observational cohort study evaluated automatic Alzheimer's disease detection using spontaneous German speech in 44 particip…
An AI system analyzed how people described a simple picture and correctly identified those with biologically confirmed Alzheimer's disease a…
BPPV patients show higher anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance scores than healthy controls
Your brain feels like a spinning top that won't stop
A prospective cross-sectional study of 310 BPPV patients and 300 matched controls found patients had significantly higher scores on anxiety …
People with vertigo often have anxiety and poor sleep, and a new study links this to imbalanced brain chemicals like dopamine and norepineph…
Delayed presentation and comorbidities increase total annual acute stroke care costs in Addis Ababa
A Stroke's Hidden Cost Could Change Care for Millions
This prospective, cross-sectional cost-of-illness study evaluated 99 acute stroke survivors admitted to two specialized hospitals in Addis A…
The staggering personal cost of a stroke in Ethiopia exposes a major barrier to treatment that health systems must solve.
IVIM MRI detects region-specific CSF motion alterations in patients with mild traumatic brain injury compared to healthy controls
MRI Shows Brain Fluid Moves Differently After Mild Head Injury
This prospective observational study evaluated intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) MRI in 14 patients with mild traumatic brain injury and 1…
New scans reveal brain fluid moves differently after a mild head injury, even when patients feel fine and standard tests look normal.