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A Case Report Highlighting the Significance of COVID-19 Unveiling Megaloblastic Anemia and Worsening Dementia in the Elderly

Pooja Reddy • Pradeep Kumar Devarakonda • Gregory Gotlieb • Pedro Moreno: June 21, 2024,DOI: 10.7759/cureus.62836  Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in substantial lifestyle changes with significant implications for nutritional health. Factors such as movement restrictions and…[...]

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Systems Modeling Reveals Shared Metabolic Dysregulation and Novel Therapeutic Treatments in ME/CFS and Long COVID

Gong-Hua Li, Feifei Han, Qing-Peng Kong, Wenzhong Xiao, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.06.17.599450 Abstract Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID are complex, multisystemic conditions that pose ongoing challenges to healthcare professionals. Emerging research suggests that ME/CFS and Long COVID…[...]

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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…[...]

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The knowns and unknowns of long COVID-19: from mechanisms to therapeutical approaches

Roxana Gheorghita1,2Iuliana Soldanescu3Andrei Lobiuc2Olga Adriana Caliman Sturdza2,4et. al., Front. Immunol., 03 March 2024, Sec. Viral Immunology, Volume 15 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1344086 The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2…[...]

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Coronavirus Disease Olfactory Dysfunction: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Alex Zxi Jian Ho • Nur Izzati B. Ishak • Eugene Hung Chih Wong, Published: June 06, 2024,DOI: 10.7759/cureus.61855  Abstract Introduction Persistent olfactory dysfunction was seen in many patients upon coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection recovery.…[...]

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People with long COVID have distinct patterns of inflammation detectable in the blood, which could potentially be targeted with immune therapies.

Findings from the largest UK study of patients hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection show that long COVID leads to ongoing inflammation which can be detected in the blood. In an analysis…[...]

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