Patients with neurological disease are likelier to die after COVID, finds study

September 6, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Patients with neurological disease are likelier to die after COVID, finds study

by Geoff McMaster, University of Alberta People with neurological disease have a greater chance of death after contracting COVID-19, according to a new University of Alberta study. The research also confirms…[...]

September 4, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Two studies unveil key insights into long COVID

by University of Texas at Austin Health care providers are learning critical new information to help improve care for patients with long COVID, thanks to a pair of recent studies out…[...]

August 30, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

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…[...]

February 11, 2024 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Navigating long COVID

Mark Elliott was vaccinated and boosted when he was exposed to COVID-19. A year later he’s still struggling with long COVID symptoms. Mark Elliott, Ph.D., is a 66-year-old associate professor…[...]

December 16, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Consistency of inconsistency in long-COVID-19 pain symptoms persistency: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Oleg Kerzhner MD, Einat Berla MD, Meirav Har-Even MSc RD, Motti Ratmansky MD, Itay Goor-Aryeh MD, July 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/papr.13277 Introduction Individuals recovering from acute COVID-19 episodes may continue to suffer from various ongoing symptoms,…[...]

December 13, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Pain, fatigue, fuzzy thinking: How long COVID disrupts the brain

NOVEMBER 2023, Jon Hamilton, NPR Scientists are learning more about how long COVID affects the brain. Michelle Wilson got COVID three years ago. She's still waiting for her brain and…[...]

December 11, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

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 BY STEPHANI SUTHERLAND Scientific American, 2023 Issue Neuroscience Tara Ghormley has always been an…[...]

December 8, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

What Happens When You Still Have Long COVID Symptoms?

BY KATHY KATELLA OCTOBER 27, 2023, Yale Medicine Yale’s Long COVID program aims to treat patients with lingering COVID-19 symptoms, such as fatigue, brain fog, and shortness of breath. Note: Information in…[...]

December 3, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Study finds 67% of individuals with long COVID are developing dysautonomia

By Shanet usan Alex, News Medical Life Sciences In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed the traits of autonomic symptom burden in long coronavirus disease (COVID). Study: Characterization of…[...]

November 10, 2023 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Ocular Symptoms among Nonhospitalized Patients Who Underwent COVID-19 Testing

Sapna S. Gangaputra, MD, MPH∗ and Shriji N. Patel, MD, Ophthalmology. 2020 Oct; 127(10): 1425–1427. Published online 2020 Jun 22. doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2020.06.037, PMCID: PMC7308009PMID: 32585259 The novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, which causes a syndrome known…[...]