Circadian Rhythm, Sleep, and Immune Response and the Fight against COVID-19

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Mohammed A. Al-Abri, 1 ,* Saif Al-Yaarubi, 2 and Elias A. Said 3 Oman Med J. 2023 Mar; 38(2): e477. Published online 2023 Mar 31. doi: 10.5001/omj.2023.38 PMCID: PMC10031746 PMID: 37009205 Abstract Sleep is an imperative physiological aspect that plays a vital role in maintaining hormonal and humeral functions of the body and hence a healthy life. Circadian rhythms are daily oscillations in human activities and […]

COVID-19, the Eye, and the Brain

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By Lori Baker-Schena, MBA, EdD; COVID-19, the Eye, and the Brain; American College of Ophthalmology As the COVID-19 pandemic began, Prem S. Subramanian, MD, PhD, did not anticipate a direct connection between this novel respiratory disease and the neuro-oph­thalmic conditions he treated. “Yet as it became evident that neuro­logical symptoms were being associated with COVID-19, […]

Vagus nerve stimulation for long COVID

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By Bhavana Kunkalikar, Jun 2022; News Medical Life Sciences In a recent study posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers assessed the effectiveness of transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation (taVNS) in managing long coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). While the various manifestations of COVID-19 have been extensively studied, research is still required to understand the persistent neuropsychiatric […]

Study points to vagus nerve dysfunction as a central pathophysiological feature of long COVID

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by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.Feb 2022 News Medical Life Sciences New research to be presented at this year’s European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022, Lisbon, 23-26 April) 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 virus on […]

Another covid wave hits U.S. as JN.1 becomes dominant variant

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Story by Fenit Nirappil, Lena H. Sun The United States is in the throes of another covid-19 uptick, cementing a pattern of the virus surging around the holidays as doctors and public health officials brace for greater transmission after Americans return to school and work this week. Coronavirus samples detected in wastewater, the best metric for […]

Pfizer mRNA Vaccine Makes ‘Aberrant Proteins’, Experts Concerned About Autoimmunity Events

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DEC 15, 2023 – Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times There may be around a 1 in 10 chance that Pfizer mRNA COVID-19 vaccines will not generate spike proteins but something else, a new Cambridge study finds, raising concerns about autoimmune response among experts. The study authors found that 8 percent of the time, […]

Can a COVID-19 Vaccine Increase Your Risk of Shingles?

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Medically reviewed by Meredith Goodwin, MD, FAAFP — By Jill Seladi-Schulman, Ph.D., October 2022 HealthLine Shingles is a reactivation of varicella zoster virus (VZV), the virus that causes chickenpox. It can lead to a painful, blistering skin rash. Shingles is also called herpes zoster. You may have read that some people develop shingles after getting the COVID-19 vaccine. While this is possible, it’s […]

Long-Term Brain Issues In COVID Patients May Be Linked To Disease Severity: Study

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JAN 01, 2024 – Amie Dahnke The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A new study reports that brain function can be impaired for 18 months after a person has recovered from COVID-19, especially if the individual was hospitalized. However, COVID-induced cognitive impairment is no more severe than impairment due to other diseases causing hospitalization. The prospective cohort study, published in […]

Top 10 COVID Events of the Year: Revealing the Facts Unspoken and Unknown

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Here are the top 10 major events that took place in relation to COVID in 2023 according to Epic Health.. By Marina Zhang, Dec 26, 2023 Epic Health Dec 29, 2023 COVID-19 in 2023 has been full of revelations and controversy. Most health leaders involved in the U.S. pandemic response have resigned or been replaced, with […]

COVID Vaccine Causes Tumor in Man

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A man, 65, developed a tumor linked to his COVID-19 vaccine Published 12/29/23 Mansur Shaheen Aman developed a tumor on his left shoulder linked to his receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new report. Published earlier this month in the American Journal of Case Reports, researchers at the University of California Riverside (UCR) […]