Study shows inexpensive, readily available chemical may limit impact of COVID-19

February 10, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Study shows inexpensive, readily available chemical may limit impact of COVID-19

GABA reduced disease severity, lung viral load, and death in SARS-CoV-2-infected mice, By UCLA Health Preclinical studies in mice that model human COVID-19 suggest that an inexpensive, readily available amino acid…[...]

February 9, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

How COVID-19 Affects the Brain

Maura Boldrini, MD, PhD1,2; Peter D. Canoll, MD, PhD3; Robyn S. Klein, MD, PhD4,5,6, JAMA Psychiatry. 2021;78(6):682-683. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.0500 COVID-19 has resulted in more than 120 million cases and 2.6 million deaths to date. Respiratory and gastrointestinal symptoms are accompanied…[...]

February 8, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

A GABA-receptor agonist reduces pneumonitis severity, viral load, and death rate in SARS-CoV-2-infected mice

Jide Tian1*Barbara J. Dillion2Jill Henley3et. al. Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and GABA-receptors (GABA-Rs) form a major neurotransmitter system in the brain. GABA-Rs are also expressed by 1) cells of the innate…[...]

January 31, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

The Circadian Clock, the Brain, and COVID-19: The Cases of Olfaction and the Timing of Sleep

Rachel S. Herz, , Erik D. Herzog,, Martha Merrow, et. al., Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, † Abstract Daily…[...]

January 27, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

How does COVID-19 impact the adrenal gland?

Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery This month marks a little over one year since the first surge of COVID-19 across the United States. April is also Adrenal Insufficiency Awareness month, a…[...]

January 20, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

What Do We Know About Long COVID?

COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The disease causes symptoms such as fever, cough, and shortness of breath. Symptoms can feel much like…[...]

January 18, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

A Root Cause for ME/CFS, Long Covid, and Post-Vaccine COVID-19 Syndrome: Damaged Pituitary Glands

Dr. Bruno Paiva and Mr. Manuel Ruiz-Pablos, Hypocortisolemic ASIA: a vaccine- and chronic infection–induced syndrome behind the origin of Long Covid and myalgic encephalomyelitis (Frontiers in Immunology “The Solve Ramsay Research Grant…[...]

January 16, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Viral Persistence and Serotonin Reduction Can Cause Long COVID Symptoms, Penn Medicine Research Finds

Components of the SARS-CoV-2 virus remain in the gut of some long COVID patients, causing persistent inflammation, vagus nerve dysfunction, and neurological symptoms PHILADELPHIA—Patients with long COVID – the long-term symptoms like…[...]

January 15, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Cognitive decline and brainstem hypometabolism in long-COVID

COVID: A case series: Jacques Hugon, Mathieu Queneau, et. al. Center of Cognitive Neurology, University of Paris, Lariboisière FW Hospital Abstract Objective: To assess FDG cerebral PET in patients suffering…[...]

January 13, 2025 | John Murphy | Leave a Comment

Vascular Consequences: A Case Report on Posterior Circulation Infarction as a Sequela of COVID-19

Anil M. Philip • Lina J. George • Shubhashis Saha • Sethu Sadanandan, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.65837 Abstract This case report presents a posterior circulation infarction in a previously healthy 39-year-old male, three months post-severe COVID-19. He presented with…[...]