What Everyone Should Understand About Brain Fog


Possible causes include MS, depression, and long COVID. Posted January 7, 2022 |  Reviewed by Tyler Woods Psychology Today KEY POINTS We’ve all been there. You have a bout of insomnia and there’s no amount of caffeine that will clear your head in the morning. Or you take an antihistamine for your hay fever and it leaves your mind feeling […]

Coronasomnia: Definition, Symptoms, and Solutions


Alexa Fry Senior Health Editor Dr. Abhinav Singh Sleep Medicine Physician August 2023 For many Americans, sleep problems aren’t new. More than one-third of Americans haven’t received enough sleep on a regular basis for years. Lack of good sleep is such a widespread problem that the CDC has called it a “public health epidemic.” Sleep-deprivation was already […]

Doxycycline, a widely used antibiotic in dermatology with a possible anti‐inflammatory action against IL‐6 in COVID‐19 outbreak


Claudio Conforti, 1 Roberta Giuffrida, 2 Iris Zalaudek, 1 and Nicola Di Meo 1 Dermatol Ther. 2020 Jul-Aug; 33(4): e13437. Published online 2020 May 15. doi: 10.1111/dth.13437 PMCID: PMC7235480PMID: 32314492 The recent SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic, for which there is still no approved vaccine, required research into effective treatments to limit, contain, and improve the outcome of affected patients. 1 , 2 Symptoms of coronavirus disease 19 (COVID‐19) range from mild to severe […]

Common Skin Signs of COVID-19 in Adults: An Update


Five categories of cutaneous abnormalities are associated with COVID-19 By Samantha Polly, MD, and Anthony P. Fernandez, MD, PhD This article has been excerpted and reprinted (without references) from the Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine (2022, 89(3):161-167. The open-access and fully referenced original article is available here. As experience with caring for patients with COVID-19 has accumulated since the […]

What to Know About ADHD and Brain Fog


Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can have a big impact on your ability to think clearly. In fact, ADHD can sometimes make you feel as though a fog has seeped into your brain. Your reaction time slows. It can be harder to recall information, process your thoughts, and find the right words to say what […]

Treatment with stimulants and the risk of COVID-19 complications in adults with ADHD


Wen-Jan Tuan,a,⁎ Dara E. Babinski,b David P. Rabago,a,b,c and Aleksandra E. Zgierskac Abstract Adults with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have shown higher infection rates and worse outcomes from COVID-19. Stimulant medications are prescribed as the first-line treatment for ADHD in adults and mitigate risk of negative ADHD-related health outcomes, but little is known about the association between stimulant […]

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 […]

Will BA.2.86 (‘Pirola’), the New Coronavirus Variant, Increase COVID-19 Cases?


BY CARRIE MACMILLAN AUGUST 31, 2023 A new coronavirus variant is raising alarm, but much about it remains unknown Note: Information in this article was accurate at the time of original publication. Because information about COVID-19 changes rapidly, we encourage you to visit the websites of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), World Health Organization […]

Long COVID in the skin: a registry analysis of COVID-19 dermatological duration


Devon E McMahon, Antonia E Gallman, George J Hruza, Misha Rosenbach, Jules B Lipoff, Seemal R Desai Published: January 15, 2021DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30986-5 Lancet: VOLUME 21, ISSUE 3, P313-314, MARCH 2021 Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, multiple studies have reported that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is associated with dermatological manifestations.  However, data on duration […]

Potential Prophylactic Treatments for COVID-19


Noam Ben-Zuk,1,† Ido-David Dechtman,2,3,† Itai Henn,1 Libby Weiss,1 Amichay Afriat,4 Esther Krasner,1,* and Yoav Gal1,5,*Kenneth Lundstrom, Academic Editor and Alaa A. A. Aljabali, Academic Editor Viruses. 2021 Jul; 13(7): 1292. Published online 2021 Jul 2. doi: 10.3390/v13071292 PMCID: PMC8310088 PMID: 34372498 Abstract The World Health Organization declared the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern at the end of January 2020 and a pandemic two months later. The […]