Long Covid Defined


Authors: E. Wesley Ely, M.D., M.P.H. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3957-2172, Lisa M. Brown, M.P.H., and Harvey V. Fineberg, M.D., Ph.D., for the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee on Examining the Working Definition for Long Covid, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMsb2408466 The Covid-19 pandemic has been perceived mainly as a dangerous acute outbreak of infection that killed more than a million people in the United States and 7 million worldwide.1,2 However, […]

SARS-CoV-2 is associated with changes in brain structure in UK Biobank


Gwenaëlle Douaud, Soojin Lee, Fidel Alfaro-Almagro, Christoph Arthofer, Chaoyue Wang, et. al. Nature volume 604, pages697–707 (2022)Cite this article Abstract There is strong evidence of brain-related abnormalities in COVID-191,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13. However, it remains unknown whether the impact of SARS-CoV-2 infection can be detected in milder cases, and whether this can reveal possible mechanisms contributing to brain pathology. Here we investigated brain changes in 785 […]

Treatment of Long COVID symptoms with triple anticoagulant therapy


Gert J Laubscher, M Asad Khan, Chantelle Venter, Jan H Pretorius, and 2 more, This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2697680/v1 Research Square Abstract Background: Fibrin(ogen) amyloid microclots and platelet hyperactivation are key pathological findings in patients with acute COVID-19 infection and also in those with Long COVID/Post-Acute Sequelae […]

Long COVID scientists try to unravel blood clot mystery


May 15, 202312:15 AM ET By Anil Oza, Rebecca Ramirez, Emily Kwong, Gabriel Spitzer, Margaret Cirino, Berly McCoy, https://www.npr.org/2023/05/10/1175217130/long-covid-scientists-try-to-unravel-blood-clot-mystery As part of studying long COVID, graduate researcher Bradley Wade Hamilton separates out microclots from blood platelets in a solution. The federal COVID-19 public health emergency ended last week, but millions in the U.S. — and across the globe — are still dealing […]

Long COVID: The hunt for causes and cures


With so many treatment candidates, researchers work to gain more clarity by Shi En Kim September 11, 2023 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 101, Issue 30 Hannah Davis misses her old self. Like so many people around the world, she has seen her life upended by long COVID, which has made many once-routine […]

In Long COVID, Doctors Offer Comprehensive Treatment


SEP 16, 2023 – Authored by Marina Zhang The Epoch Times  COVID-19 and long COVID may be linked to impaired sensory neurons, a recent study Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study finds. Sensory neurons are responsible for smell, taste, touch, pain, and changes in temperature. Damage to them may lead to impaired senses. Surprisingly, the study found […]