Could COVID-19 Be Causing This Rare Spinal Cord Disorder?
Can COVID-19 cause a rare spinal condition called transverse myelitis? Learn what TM is and see the evidence connecting the two conditions. The year 2020 has been one for the…[...]
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Study: This Diet May Reduce Your Odds for COVID-19
COVID cases have surged this summer, but a new study suggests that following the Mediterranean diet might spare you from infection. In a review published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One, Indonesian researchers discovered…[...]
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Ileocecal Intussusception in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Infection and Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C): A Case Report and Literature Review
Niharika Alla • Thaer Abdul-Hadi • Florentina Litra: June 19, 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62731 Abstract Ileocecal intussusception (ICI) is the most common abdominal emergency and cause of intestinal obstruction in young children, carrying a high risk of…[...]
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How wave of new dementias may be fueled by surprising culprit every home has been touched by
By Maiya Focht, A new study has added fuel to concerns that America could face a surge in dementias in coming years and decades due to COVID. The research found that…[...]
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Inflammation: The Body’s ‘Fire’ Burns Threats, But Things Go Wrong When It Smolders
Authored by Flora Zhao via The Epoch Times Many people experience chronic inflammation without even knowing it, Arch G. Mainous III, a professor at the University of Florida (UF) College…[...]
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Pathophysiological, immunological, and inflammatory features of long COVID
Karen Bohmwald1,2†Benjamín Diethelm-Varela1†Linmar Rodríguez-Guilarte1 , et. al., Front. Immunol., 27 February 2024, Sec. Viral Immunology, Volume 15 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1341600 The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause severe global disruption, resulting…[...]
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Improvement of immune dysregulation in individuals with long COVID at 24-months following SARS-CoV-2 infection
Chansavath Phetsouphanh, Brendan Jacka, et. al., Nature Communications volume 15, Article number: 3315 (2024) Abstract This study investigates the humoral and cellular immune responses and health-related quality of life measures in individuals with mild to moderate long…[...]
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The underlying cause of Long COVID is still a puzzle
The underlying cause of Long COVID is still a puzzle to researchers. But Akiko Iwasaki, PhD, Sterling Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and…[...]
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People with long COVID have distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood, which could potentially be targeted with immune therapies.
Findings from the largest UK study of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection show that long COVID leads to ongoing inflammation which can be detected in the blood. In an analysis…[...]
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Efficacy and Safety of Lithium Treatment in SARS-CoV-2 Infected Patients
Carlos Spuch, 1 ,* † Marta López-García, 1 , 2 , † Tania Rivera-Baltanás, 1 , , et.al. Front Pharmacol. 2022; 13: 850583. Published online 2022 Apr 14. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2022.850583PMCID: PMC9046673PMID: 35496309 Abstract At the beginning of the pandemic, we observed that lithium…[...]
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