By Rachael Zimlich, BSN, RN August 08, 2023 By the end of February 2022, nearly 60% of the U.S. population had SARS-CoV-2 antibodies indicating they had been infected with COVID-19.1 Even for those who recover, SARS-CoV-2 poses serious long-term physical and mental challenges. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 15% of all adults […]
Authors: Marcia Frellick July 28, 2021 British Journal of Ophthalmology Evidence of “long COVID” may be present in a patient’s eyes, according to a small study published online this week in the British Journal of Ophthalmology. The researchers found that nerve fiber loss and an increase in dendritic or key immune cells on the cornea may help identify long […]
Authors{ WILL JONES 3 SEPTEMBER 2022 The first diagnostic designed to identify patients with Long Covid has received CE-IVD marking in Europe, meaning it is ready for its formal launch in countries accepting the designation this month. It works by looking for “patterns of inflammatory marker expression” in the blood, and in particular for the […]
Authors : Mirren Charnley, Saba Islam, Guneet K. Bindra, Jeremy Engwirda, Julian Ratcliffe, Jiangtao Zhou, Raffaele Mezzenga, Mark D. Hulett, Kyunghoon Han, Joshua T. Berryman & Nicholas P. Reynolds Nature Communications volume 13, Article number: 3387 (2022) July 2022 Abstract COVID-19 is primarily known as a respiratory disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. However, neurological symptoms such as memory loss, sensory confusion, severe headaches, and […]
Authors: Igor J. Koralnik MD,Kenneth L. Tyler MD 07 June 2020 Annals of NeurologyVolume 88, Issue 1 p. 1-11 Abstract In less than 6 months, the severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus type 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has spread worldwide infecting nearly 6 million people and killing over 350,000. Initially thought to be restricted to the respiratory system, we now […]
Authors: Julia Marnin, McClatchy Washington Bureau June 7, 2022 Since late February, Americans who have gotten a booster shot appear to be testing positive for COVID-19 more often than those vaccinated without the extra shot, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. This is based on numbers up until the week of April […]
Authors: Arch G. Mainous III1,2*, Benjamin J. Rooks1 and Frank A. Orlando1 May 12, 2022 Frontiers in Medicine Background: Inflammation in the initial COVID-19 episode may be associated with post-recovery mortality. The goal of this study was to determine the relationship between systemic inflammation in COVID-19 hospitalized adults and mortality after recovery from COVID-19. Methods: An analysis of electronic health […]
Authors: Dragos Serban 1,2,*† , Laura Carina Tribus 3,4,†, Geta Vancea 1,5,† , Anca Pantea Stoian, Ana Maria Dascalu 1,* Andra Iulia Suceveanu 6Ciprian Tanasescu 7,8, Andreea Cristina Costea 9 Mihail Silviu Tudosie 1, Corneliu Tudor 2, Gabriel Andrei Gangura 1,10, Lucian Duta 2 and Daniel Ovidiu Costea 6,11, Abstract: Acute mesenteric ischemia is a […]
Authors: Amit Gupta, Oshin Sharma, Kandhala Srikanth, Rahul Mishra, Amoli Tandon & Deepak Rajput Indian Journal of Surgery (2022) Published: 11 March 2022 Abstract The new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection, first detected in Wuhan, China in 2019 has become a pandemic that has spread to nearly every country in the world. Through October 11, 2021, more than 23 billion confirmed cases and 4.8 million […]
Authors: Urszula Abramczyk,1,*Maciej Nowaczyński,2Adam Słomczyński,2Piotr Wojnicz,2Piotr Zatyka,2 and Aleksandra Kuzan1 Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan; 23(2): 864.Published online 2022 Jan 13. doi: 10.3390/ijms23020864 Abstract Although coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related major health consequences involve the lungs, a growing body of evidence indicates that COVID-19 is not inert to the pancreas either. This review presents a summary of the molecular mechanisms […]
