Etwa jeder vierte US-Soldat oder Veteran, der eine Psychotherapie wegen einer posttraumatischen Belastungsstörung beginnt, beendet die Behandlung nicht. Das zeigt die bislang umfangreichste Meta-Analyse zum Thema, die heute in der Fachzeitschrift Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy der American Psychological Association erschienen ist. Die Auswertung von 181 Studien mit insgesamt über 124.000 aktiven und ehemaligen Militärangehörigen ergab eine durchschnittliche Abbruchquote von 25,6 Prozent über alle Therapieformen hinweg. Dabei schnitten jedoch gerade die als besonders wirksam geltenden trauma-fokussierten Verfahren in ihrer klassischen wöchentlichen Form am schlechtesten ab: Deutlich niedriger lagen die Abbruchquoten bei nicht-traumafokussierten Ansätzen wie der gegenwartsorientierten Therapie (16,1 Prozent) oder achtsamkeitsbasierter Stressreduktion (20 Prozent). Besonders erfolgreich beim Halten der Patienten in der Behandlung waren zwei Formate: Besonders hoch war die Abbruchquote mit 46,4 Prozent, wenn PTSD gemeinsam mit einer Substanzabhängigkeit behandelt wurde – deutlich höher als bei der… 

In a stunning pivot that has left political analysts scrambling, President Donald Trump has publicly urged House Republicans to vote for the release of the full Justice Department files on Jeffrey Epstein, posting on Truth Social: „House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide.“ This reversal comes mere days after a frantic White House effort to quash a bipartisan discharge petition that would force a floor vote on the Epstein Files Transparency Act. Trump had personally lobbied lawmakers, including summoning one to the Situation Room alongside Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel, to block the measure. The House is now poised to vote as early as Tuesday, with over 100 Republicans reportedly ready to defy initial administration pressure. Trump’s 2024 campaign leaned heavily on vows to declassify the Epstein files,… 

Targeted drugs and immune checkpoint inhibitors have dramatically improved survival in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), yet they frequently cause liver injury – in some combination regimens in more than 50 % of patients. To standardize care and prevent unnecessary treatment interruptions or life-threatening complications, the Chinese Society of Hepatology has published the “Consensus on the Management of Liver Injury Associated with Targeted Drugs and Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Hepatocellular Carcinoma (Version 2024)”. The document, developed by a multidisciplinary panel of China’s leading liver oncologists and hepatologists, is the country’s first evidence-based guideline dedicated exclusively to this increasingly common clinical problem. Key incidence figures from the consensus: Major risk factors identified: Pre-treatment requirements (strongly recommended): Diagnosis and gradingLiver injury is diagnosed by temporal relationship, exclusion of tumor progression, viral reactivation, or other causes, and (in unclear cases) liver biopsy. A practical… 

A comprehensive new review published in Cyborg and Bionic Systems argues that researchers should focus more on single-legged robots (SLRs) – especially hopping designs – to solve the toughest remaining hurdles in building fast, agile, and energy-efficient legged robots that can rival animals in rough terrain. Traditional wheeled and tracked robots struggle on stairs, rubble, or soft ground. Legged robots such as Boston Dynamics’ Spot or ETH Zurich’s ANYmal already outperform them in many real-world scenarios, but they remain heavy, power-hungry, and mechanically complex. According to lead author Jinyuan Liu from Zhejiang University, the key to the next breakthrough lies in deliberately simplifying the problem: study one leg first. “Compared to complete multi-legged robots, single-legged robots have far fewer parts and typically use a clean, periodic hopping gait,” Liu explains. “One hopping cycle captures almost all the essential dynamics that…