Natsuki Anada • Yoshinobu Nakayama • Jun Takeshita • Kyoko Kageyama • Hiroatsu Sakamoto • Takahiko Kamibayashi • Yasufumi Nakajima 2024, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.63736 Abstract Introduction The efficient clearance of bacteria by macrophages is crucial for the timely resolution of inflammation. In this study, […]
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 […]
The beneficial and pathogenic roles of complement in COVID-19
Alfred H.J. Kim, MD, PhD, Xiaobo Wu, MD and John P. Atkinson, MD Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc065 ABSTRACT We briefly summarize the complement system and its functions in immunity and disease. We present data supporting the […]
Clinical trial aims to find out if low-dose lithium could treat long COVID
By ELLEN GOLDBAUM Published January 11, 2023 “I just kept hearing the same story: that within days they were noticing satisfactory benefit. ” Thomas J. Guttuso Jr., professor, Department of Neurology, […]
New long COVID study uncovers high inflammation in patients as Senate calls for more research on ‘crisis’
The study followed 113 patients at four different hospitals in Switzerland. By Ashley Riegle, ABC News, January 24, 2024, 8:10 PM , The life of COVID-19 long-haulers For these people, […]
COVID-19 Can Remain Undetected In Lungs For 18 Months: Study
DEC 14, 2023 – Authored by Amie Dahnke via The Epoch Times The COVID-19 virus can remain in the lungs for months after an individual has been infected—even though it […]
Dermatology and COVID-19
Kanade Shinkai, MD, PhD1,2; Anna L. Bruckner, MD, MSCS3,JAMA. 2020;324(12):1133-1134. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.15276 Even early in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, it was clear that dermatologists had an important role in the management of patients. Although initial […]
Alteration of the blood-brain barrier by COVID-19 and its implication in the permeation of drugs into the brain
Héctor Hernández-Parra1,2 Octavio Daniel Reyes-Hernández3 Gabriela Figueroa-González4 Manuel González-Del Carmen5 Maykel González-Torres6 Sheila I. Peña-Corona2 Benjamín Florán7 Hernán Cortés8* Gerardo Leyva-Gómez2* https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36998270/ Diverse neurological symptoms have been reported in patients with SARS-CoV-2 disease (COVID-19), including stroke, ataxia, meningitis, […]
COVID Tongue: How a Swollen Tongue Could Indicate COVID-19
Should you be examining your tongue? Here’s how to tell if it’s COVID tongue and how to treat it. By Korin Miller September 22, 2023; Medically reviewed by Michael Menna, […]
Large COVID autopsy study finds SARS-CoV-2 all over the human body
By Rich Haridy January 04, 2023 Source: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases A study found traces of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in over 80 different sites in the body In the […]