BY KATHY KATELLA OCTOBER 27, 2023, Yale Medicine Yale’s Long COVID program aims to treat patients with lingering COVID-19 symptoms, such as fatigue, brain fog, and shortness of breath. Note: Information in […]
What Is Dysautonomia?
By Carly Vandergriendt, 2023, Health Finds Dysautonomia is when your autonomic nervous system doesn’t work properly, usually due to an underlying condition. There are several types, including postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome […]
Long Covid symptoms create a greater burden of disability than heart disease or cancer, new study shows
By Brenda Goodman, CNN, August 2023 People who survived Covid-19 early in the pandemic, before there were vaccines, continued to be at higher risk for a slew of health problems for […]
Interwoven challenges of covid-19, poor diet, and cardiometabolic health
BMJ 2023; 383 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076810 (Published 09 October 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;383:e076810Read the full collection: Food for Thought 2023 Carmen Piernas, senior research fellow, Jordi Merino, associate professor ,Correspondence to: C Piernas Carmen Piernas and Jordi Merino argue that […]
What is the long-term cognitive impact of COVID-19, and what are its predictors?
Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. Jan 9 2023 Reviewed by Danielle Ellis, B.Sc. Medical Life Sciences Neuropsychology Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the causative pathogen of COVID-19, has […]
Long COVID scientists try to unravel blood clot mystery
May 15, 202312:15 AM ET By Anil Oza, Rebecca Ramirez, Emily Kwong, Gabriel Spitzer, Margaret Cirino, Berly McCoy, https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1175217130/long-covid-scientists-try-to-unravel-blood-clot-mystery As part of studying long COVID, graduate researcher Bradley Wade Hamilton separates out microclots from blood platelets […]
4 Ways COVID Leaves Its Mark on the Eye
By Reena Mukamal Apr. 24, 2023 An analysis of 121 patients dating back to the beginning of the pandemic unveils COVID’s most common effects on the eye. Share this information and remember: Widespread vaccination is […]
Long COVID still worrisome 2 years after infection
Virus continues to pose risk of diabetes, lung problems, blood clots, GI issues, other conditions by Kristina Sauerwein•August 21, 2023 Nature For people who have contracted the COVID-19 virus, pain […]
Predictive Role of Biomarkers in COVID-19 Mortality
Ayşe Yılmaz,1 Öztürk Taşkın,1 Ufuk Demir,1 and Veysel G Soylu2 Cureus. 2023 Jan; 15(1): e34173. Published online 2023 Jan 24 doi: 10.7759/cureus.34173 PMCID: PMC9950690PMID: 36843833 Abstract Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in high mortality among […]
Researchers fear people of color may be disproportionately affected by long Covid
Blitshteyn worries about the low rate of full recovery she observed in a March 2021 case series of 20 patients with new-onset postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (a condition affecting blood flow that […]