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  Stephani Sutherland   March 1, 2023 Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She finished at the top of her class in high school, graduated summa cum laude from college and earned top honors in veterinary school. She went […]

COVID-19 Vagus Nerve Inflammation May Lead To Dysautonomia: New Study


 Authored by Megan Redshaw  The Epoch Times AUG 11, 2023 New data may provide answers for those experiencing persistent symptoms long after their bout with COVID-19 has ended. These may include fatigue, lightheadedness, brain fog, cognitive issues, gastrointestinal problems, heart palpitations, shortness of breath, or an inability to tolerate upright postures. A July 15 study […]

Conflicting Evidence Of mRNA Technology Raises Serious Concerns About Rush For Use In New Vaccine Development


Authored by Megan Redshaw via The Epoch Times, FRIDAY, SEP 01, 2023 The U.S. government and pharmaceutical companies are investing a substantial amount to develop new mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases and cancer, fueling a lucrative mRNA platform valued at $136.2 billion. A newly established White House program announced on Aug. 23 that it is granting a […]

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 Stephani Sutherland on March 1, 2023 Tara Ghormley has always been an overachiever. She finished at the top of her class in high school, graduated summa cum laude from college and earned top honors in veterinary school. She went on […]

Researchers fear people of color may be disproportionately affected by long Covid


Blitshteyn worries about the low rate of full recovery she observed in a March 2021 case series of 20 patients with new-onset postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (a condition affecting blood flow that leads to dizziness, rapid heart rate, and fainting) and other autonomic disorders after Covid. While 60% of patients improved, only 15% returned to working full-time […]

Five months post-covid, Nicole Murphy’s heart rate is still doing strange things


Authors: Ariana Eunjung Cha February 21, 2022 Five months after being infected with the coronavirus, Nicole Murphy’s pulse rate is going berserk. Normally in the 70s, which is ideal, it has been jumping to 160, 170 and sometimes 210 beats per minute even when she is at rest — putting her at risk of a […]

Long COVID Could Be Linked to the Effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the Vagus Nerve


Authors: EUROPEAN SOCIETY OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES FEBRUARY 11, 2022 New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, April 23-26) suggests that many of the symptoms connected to post-COVID syndrome (PCC, also known as long COVID) could be linked to the effect of the […]

Post-COVID-19 Tachycardia Syndrome: A Distinct Phenotype of Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome


Authors: Marcus Ståhlberg, MD, PhD,a,⁎ Ulrika Reistam, MD,a Artur Fedorowski, MD, PhD,b,c Humberto Villacorta, MD,d Yu Horiuchi, MD,e Jeroen Bax, MD,f Bertram Pitt, MD,g Simon Matskeplishvili, MD,h Thomas F. Lüscher, MD, PhD,i,j Immo Weichert, MD,k Khalid Bin Thani, MD,l and Alan Maisel, MDm Am J Med. 2021 Dec; 134(12): 1451–1456.Published online 2021 Aug. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.07.004 Abstract In this paper we highlight the presence of tachycardia in post-acute COVID-19 syndrome by […]

COVID-19: A Mitochondrial Perspective


Authors: Pankaj Prasun 1 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is the worst public health crisis of the century. Although we have made tremendous progress in understanding the pathogenesis of this disease, a lot more remains to be learned. Mitochondria appear to be important in COVID-19 pathogenesis because of its role in innate antiviral immunity, as well as […]

Covid-19 Story Tip: Brain Fog, Fatigue, Dizziness … Post-COVID POTS Is Real


Authors: Tae Chung, M.D., assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and neurology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and director of the Johns Hopkins POTS Program For almost one year, COVID-19 has impacted the world and taken the lives of many people. While some survivors have fully recovered from this illness, others are still […]