By Shanet usan Alex, News Medical Life Sciences In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers analyzed the traits of autonomic symptom burden in long coronavirus disease (COVID). Study: Characterization of Autonomic Symptom Burden in Long COVID: A Global Survey of 2,314 Adults. This news article was a review of a preliminary scientific report that had […]
BMJ 2023; 381 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-074937 (Published 14 June 2023)Cite this as: BMJ 2023;381:e07493, Rachael Evans What you need to know Around one in four adults who were hospitalised with covid-19 and one in six who were not hospitalised experience persistent breathing difficulties beyond four weeks after SARS-CoV-2 infection,12 and a cohort study in China demonstrated that breathlessness can persist beyond two years.3 In long […]
NOV 17, 2023 – Authored by Hans Mahncke via The Epoch Times In a new Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now admits that it recommended COVID-19 vaccines for people who had recovered from COVID-19 despite the fact that CDC subject matter experts didn’t have access to the […]
NOV 16, 2023 – Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times Opinion: for further investigation Dr. Robert Malone, the inventor of mRNA and DNA vaccines, slammed health regulatory agencies for not informing people about potential plasmid DNA contamination in mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. An Oct. 19 preprint study found billions of residual DNA fragments in mRNA COVID-19 […]
Updated October 26, 2023, Alexa FrySenior Health Editor, Dr. Abhinav SinghSleep Medicine Physician, The Sleep Foundation 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.” […]
Nishi Dave, MSc; Daniel Sjöholm, MSc; Pontus Hedberg, MD, PhD; et al, JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(11):e2341936. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.41936 Question What is the incidence of nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infections and associated 30-day mortality among patients admitted to hospitals in Region Stockholm, Sweden? Findings In this cohort study, 2203 hospital admissions in 2193 patients were identified with nosocomial SARS-CoV-2 infection between March 1, 2020, and September 15, 2022. Thirty-day […]
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 […]
Emily Harris, JAMA. Published online November 1, 2023. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.21170 A study linking viral infection with reduced levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter involved in learning, memory, and mood, has proposed a new potential mechanism underlying post–COVID-19 condition. Also known as long COVID, the condition involves symptoms such as fatigue, memory loss, and cognitive impairment. Using results from human participants, […]
Sometimes the cause behind the metallic taste in your mouth could be acid reflux, dry mouth, dehydration, smoking, or COVID-19 Authored by Shaloo Tiwari |Published : Healthsite.com Do you sometimes feel a kind of metallic taste in your mouth? This taste can be described as a taste that replicates the taste of metal. Usually, this is a […]
Shelli F. Farhadian, MD, PhD1,2,3,4; Hailey D. Reisert, BS1; Lindsay McAlpine, MD3; et al, MA3,4 JAMA Netw Open. 2023;6(11):e2342741. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.42741 Introduction Long COVID, also known as post–COVID-19 condition (PCC), refers to a range of symptoms that may persist for weeks to months after acute COVID-19. A subset of people with PCC report neuropsychiatric symptoms (neuro-PCC); however, the mechanisms behind this phenomenon are not yet understood.1 Cerebrospinal […]