Category: Health & Wellness

Children with long covid

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Authors: Helen Thomson New Sci. 2021 Feb 27; 249(3323): 10–11.Published online 2021 Mar 3. doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(21)00303-1PMCID: PMC7927578PMID: 33686318 Abstract Almost half of children who contract covid-19 may have lasting symptoms, which should factor into decisions on reopening schools, A SERIOUS picture is emerging about the long-term health effects of covid-19 in some children, with UK politicians calling the lack of acknowledgment of […]

Speech Therapist: 364% Surge In Baby And Toddler Referrals Thanks To Mask Wearing

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A speech therapist says that mask wearing during the pandemic has caused a 364% increase in patient referrals of babies and toddlers. Authors: by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, SUNDAY, JAN 30, 2022 – 03:50 PM Jaclyn Theek told WPBF News that before the pandemic, only 5 per cent of patients were babies and […]

Study Finds Teenage Boys Six Times More Likely To Suffer Heart Problems From Vaccine Than Be Hospitalized by COVID

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Authors; Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, Research conducted by the University of California has found that teenage boys are six times more likely to suffer from heart problems caused by the COVID-19 vaccine than to be hospitalized as a result of COVID-19 itself. “A team led by Dr Tracy Hoeg at the University of California […]

Report from UK Shows 35% of Those Hospitalized with COVID Had Taken Two Doses of Vaccine

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Nearly half of those hospitalized in Britain with the ‘Delta Variant’ were vaccinated.   Sky News reported: A report out of Britian shows that 35% of all individuals hospitalized with the ‘Delta Variant’ had taken two doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.  Another 10% had taken at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.  Barely over half of […]

Chronic fatigue syndrome and long covid: moving beyond the controversy

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Authors: Melanie Newman, freelance journalist Many patients with “long” covid are experiencing extreme fatigue, a situation that has re-polarised approaches to treatment and rehabilitation. Melanie Newman reports “I submitted the first positive trial of cognitive behavioural therapy [CBT] as a treatment for chronic fatigue in the ’90s,” recalls Michael Sharpe, a professor of psychological medicine who was […]

How to combat ‘COVID fatigue’: Medical experts on what works — and doesn’t

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Authors: Meredith Deliso “Throughout pandemics, the psychological footprint is often way bigger than the medical footprint,” Dr. Claude Mellins, a medical psychologist who co-leads a pandemic initiative called CopeColumbia for the Columbia University Irving Medical Center community, told ABC News. One of the challenges is the pandemic makes it hard to turn to our normal […]

Fighting post-COVID fatigue: Here’s what doctors suggest

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Authors: Rajeswari Parasa  When TNM spoke to doctors about the post-recovery phase, they say it takes anywhere between four to twelve weeks for a patient to recover from the symptoms of COVID-19. Doctors suggest that people should limit themselves to doing only mild muscle strengthening and breathing exercises. And that anything beyond mild exercises would […]

What is COVID-19 brain fog — and how can you clear it?

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Authors: Andrew E. Budson, MD, Contributor As a cognitive behavioral neurologist, I’ve been hearing from many individuals who are complaining of “brain fog” after infection with COVID-19. So I thought it was worth discussing exactly what COVID-19 brain fog is, and some things to do that might help clear it. There are many ways that […]

How COVID-19 Spreads

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Authors: CDC COVID-19 spreads when an infected person breathes out droplets and very small particles that contain the virus. These droplets and particles can be breathed in by other people or land on their eyes, noses, or mouth. In some circumstances, they may contaminate surfaces they touch. People who are closer than 6 feet from the infected person are most likely to […]