- Optimal doses of cognitive digital therapeutics for pediatric patients with cognitive impairments: A retrospective study based on big data. [Journal Article]BMC Med. 2026 Jul 30; 24(1).BM
- CONCLUSIONS: This is the first large-scale study to define age- and gender-specific optimal CDT doses in pediatric patients with cognitive impairments. The findings provide robust evidence to support personalized CDT interventions and may inform future treatment guidelines.
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- Rethinking evidence generation in gastrointestinal cancer treatment research: the need for both high-quality interventional and observational evidence. [Review]BMC Med. 2026 Jul 30; 24(1).BM
- CONCLUSIONS: Better integration of high quality interventional and observational approaches is essential in GI cancer research. Guidance on when to use interventional versus observational studies, depending on the clinical question, may help put this integration into practice. This synergy could reduce research waste, accelerate evidence generation, and help identify more effective personalized treatments for GI cancer patients.
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- Advances in modified anti-Aβ antibodies for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. [Review]BMC Med. 2026 Jul 29; 24(1).BM
- Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive and irreversible neurodegenerative disorder, the treatment of which remains a major clinical challenge. In recent years, significant progress has been made in the immunotherapy of AD. Notably, monoclonal antibodies targeting amyloid-β (Aβ) have already been applied in clinical practice. However, as macromolecular therapeutics, antibodies face substantial …
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- Epidemiology of malaria and district-level factors associated with malaria elimination in Sumatra region, Indonesia: a retrospective analysis of surveillance data. [Journal Article]BMC Med. 2026 Jul 29; 24(1).BM
- CONCLUSIONS: Dynamics of imported malaria, heterogeneous clusters of local transmission, and lower district-level human development index challenged elimination efforts. This highlights the need for strengthened surveillance and targeted interventions.
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- Prenatal COVID-19 pandemic-related traumatic stress and risk of child neurodevelopmental disorders: a cohort study. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Among this cohort of mothers who were pregnant during the COVID-19 pandemic, higher PTS was associated with greater risk of child NDD diagnoses. Further research is needed to investigate the potential biologic mechanisms underlying this association.
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- Multimodal analysis reveals asynchronous aging dynamics between endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer and endometriosis patients. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: This study provides novel evidence that the transition from endometriosis to EAOC involves a fundamental shift in biological age and in telomere dynamics. Identifying these divergent aging signatures offers a powerful tool for precision oncology, enabling the development of predictive models to identify patients at high risk of malignant transformation and facilitating personalized interceptive strategies based on biological, rather than chronological age.
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- Clinical trial data transparency should match data access to scientific purpose: a tiered framework for reproducibility and reuse. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Publication-time reduced datasets can provide meaningful and timely transparency when broader IPD are not yet accessible. Their value should be recognised without confusing endpoint-level numerical reproducibility with reproduction of the complete analytic process or broader scientific reuse. We propose that publication-time reduced datasets should form a practical floor for timely transparency, while reproducibility packages and governed access to broader IPD provide progressively richer opportunities for reproducing, interrogating, and extending clinical trial analyses.
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- Trends, disparities, and pregnancy outcomes of gestational diabetes mellitus in North West London: A nine-year population-based cohort study. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: The incidence of GDM in NWL substantially exceeds national estimates and has nearly doubled over nine years, with pronounced ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. Targeted culturally appropriate prevention strategies and equity-focused service planning are needed in this population.
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- Genetic prioritization of HSDL2 in suicide and intentional self-harm: multi-omics evidence linking lipid metabolism and neuronal vulnerability. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: HSDL2 was prioritized as a genetically supported and biologically plausible candidate target for SSH, implicating a potential lipid-metabolic and neuronal vulnerability axis. These findings provide a foundation for future mechanistic validation and translational investigation.
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- Endothelial cell-specific TGM2 deficiency promotes progression of temporal lobe epilepsy by disrupting S1P metabolism and intercellular communication. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: This study establishes a link between TGM2 and BBB function, metabolic pathways, and intercellular communication in TLE, providing an experimental basis for developing TLE therapeutic strategies targeting this pathway.
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- Ionomics powered single-cell mapping reveals targetable iron dysregulation in endometriosis associated macrophages. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: This exploratory study suggests that sRBC-derived iron overload may be associated with a shift of macrophages toward an immunosuppressive phenotype, potentially linked to the HIF-1α/HO-1/GPX4 pathway. These changes may contribute to local immune dysfunction in endometriosis. These findings highlight macrophage iron metabolism as a potential therapeutic target that warrants validation in larger and independent cohorts.
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- Polygenicity shapes distinct brain patterns and clinical profiles of bipolar disorder. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Our findings reveal associations between polygenicity and distinct BD brain patterns and clinical profiles. We identified ancestry-specific causal variants and bidirectional BD-IDP relationships. PRS associations with depressive symptoms, anxiety, suicide risk, and metabolic phenotypes highlight precision medicine potential for BD.
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- Diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care ultrasound in adult non-traumatic emergency medicine: an umbrella review. [Systematic Review]
- CONCLUSIONS: POCUS shows promising diagnostic accuracy across adult non-traumatic emergency medicine-relevant conditions, often with moderate to high sensitivity and very high specificity. However, the overall strength and consistency of the evidence are limited. Therefore, diagnostic performance estimates should be interpreted with caution and within the context of each specific clinical condition, and should not be considered directly comparable or additive across different indications. Further high-quality research is needed to better define its role in emergency care.
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- Minocycline for acute basilar artery occlusion stroke undergoing endovascular treatment: a randomized, evaluator-blinded, open-label, pilot trial. [Randomized Controlled Trial]
- CONCLUSIONS: Minocycline was well-tolerated in this population; however, these results did not provide evidence to support prescribing minocycline to improve early neurological outcomes. Larger trials of minocycline with extended treatment duration are warranted.
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- Reduced neural sensitivity to emotional faces and voices in preterm five-year-olds: a comparative study. [Journal Article]
- CONCLUSIONS: Five-year-old children born preterm show reduced neural sensitivity to brief changes in facial and vocal emotional expressions compared with full-term peers. Strikingly, the impact of prematurity severity differed between the visual and auditory modalities, indicating differential maturation of higher-level visual and auditory processing following preterm birth. These findings contribute to a more detailed understanding of socio-emotional development after preterm birth and highlight the importance of early, modality-sensitive monitoring of socio-emotional development across the entire preterm population.
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