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 of the Post-COVID-19 Program at UT Health Austin, the clinical practice of Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin. Over the past […]

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


Roxana Gheorghita1,2Iuliana Soldanescu3Andrei Lobiuc, et. al. , Frontiers in Medicine The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 has been defined as the greatest global health and socioeconomic crisis of modern times. While most people recover after being infected with the virus, a significant proportion of them continue to experience health issues weeks, months […]

Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample


Authors: Adam Hampshire, Ph.D., Adriana Azor, Ph.D, et. al. Published February 28, 2024, N Engl J Med 2024;390:806-818, DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2311330 VOL. 390 NO. 9 BACKGROUND Cognitive symptoms after coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), are well-recognized. Whether objectively measurable cognitive deficits exist and how long they persist are unclear. METHODS We invited 800,000 adults in a study in […]

Cognition and Memory after Covid-19 in a Large Community Sample


Authors.Adam Hampshire, Ph.D., Adriana Azor, Ph.D., et. al. 2024,N Engl J Med 2024; 390:806-818 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2311330 Abstract BACKGROUND Cognitive symptoms after coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), are well-recognized. Whether objectively measurable cognitive deficits exist and how long they persist are unclear. METHODS We invited 800,000 adults in […]

COVID-19 Lockdowns Linked To Memory, Cognitive Decline: UK Study


NOV, 2023 – Authored by Caden Pearson via The Epoch Times  The stringent lockdown measures implemented worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic have been found to significantly affect the working memory and cognitive function of older individuals, raising concerns about an elevated risk of dementia, according to a comprehensive UK study. Researchers in the UK delved into neuropsychology […]

Evaluation of Post–COVID-19 Cognitive Dysfunction: Recommendations for Researchers


Jaqueline H. Becker, PhD1; Tracy D. Vannorsdall, PhD2; Sara L. Weisenbach, PhD3, JAMA Psychiatry. 2023;80(11):1085-1086. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.2820 SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with increased rates of postillness cognitive dysfunction, colloquially referred to as “brain fog,”1 that may portend significant consequences for patient functioning and quality of life. Post–COVID-19 cognitive dysfunction is 1 of approximately 200 symptoms of post–COVID-19 condition (PCC), defined by the World Health Organization as […]

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 […]

Long COVID: Antibodies in cerebrospinal fluid linked with brain fog


Deep Shukla, 2022 Medical News Today Coronavirus data Brain fog, or cognitive dysfunction, is one of the most common symptoms that health professionals observe in individuals with long COVID, or post-acute COVID-19. A recent study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) suggests a link between the presence of persistent cognitive symptoms several months after a SARS-CoV-2 […]

Potential molecular mechanisms of chronic fatigue in long haul COVID and other viral diseases


Carl Gunnar Gottschalk, Daniel Peterson, Jan Armstrong, Konstance Knox & Avik Roy  Infectious Agents and Cancer volume 18, Article number: 7 (2023) Cite this article, A Correction to this article was published on 24 April 2023 Abstract Historically, COVID-19 emerges as one of the most devastating diseases of humankind, which creates an unmanageable health crisis worldwide. Until now, this disease costs millions of lives and continues to paralyze […]

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 […]