Healthline 2023 Sleep disorders such as insomnia are commonplace. However, the number of people reporting sleep quality issues has grown significantly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Insomnia can […]
Long COVID: Antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid linked with brain fog
Deep Shukla, 2022 Medical News Today Coronavirus data Brain fog, or cognitive dysfunction, is one of the most common symptoms that health professionals observe in individuals with long COVID, or post-acute COVID-19. A recent study […]
US Survey: About 7% of Adults, 1% of Children Have Had Long COVID
Emily Harris, JAMA. 2023;330(16):1516. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.19208 Medical News in Brief October 2023 JAMA Network More than 3% of US adults had post–COVID-19 condition, or long COVID, at the time of a 2022 National […]
Up to 50 Million Americans Believe They Have Had Long COVID: Study
The mysterious condition may be wide-reaching Published 11/02/23, Mansur Shaheen, The Messenger Upwards of 50 million Americans could have experienced symptoms of long COVID at some point in the last […]
Serotonin reduction in post-acute sequelae of viral infection
Andrea C. Wong, Ashwarya S. Devason, Iboro C. Umana, Sara Cherry, Christoph A. Thaiss, Maayan Levy 2Open Access Published:October 16, 2023DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2023.09.013 Cell VOLUME 186, ISSUE 22, P4851-4867.E20, OCTOBER, 2023 Highlights Summary Post-acute sequelae […]
‘Alarming’ study finds Covid can trigger high blood pressure
Katherine Fidler 21 Aug 2023 3:02 pm Covid-19 may cause high blood pressure in those previously unaffected by the disorder, a new study suggests. The ‘alarming’ research found that of […]
Rare Skin Reactions after mRNA Vaccination, Similar to Jones–Mote Basophil Responses
Cutaneous Basophil Hypersensitivity Response after Skin-Test Antigen Injection. Philip W. Askenase, M.D., Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT In a small group of recipients of messenger RNA (mRNA) […]
Long covid—an update for primary care
BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072117 (Published 22 September 2022)Cite this as: BMJ 2022;378:e072117 Trisha Greenhalgh, Manoj Sivan, Brendan Delaney, Rachael Evans, Ruairidh Milne, What you need to know This article updates and extends a previous BMJ Practice Pointer published […]
Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system Author: Stephani Sutherland March 1, 2023 Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. […]
Parosmia and COVID: How Long Changes in Smell Last, Plus Treatment Options
Christine Giordano, MD | Reviewed by Angela Dunn, MD, MPH, August 29, 2023 GoodRX Key takeaways: For some people, morning coffee smells like onions or trash. And the smell of loved ones […]