Written by Nishika Reddy, MD | September 2023 Key takeaways: By now, we all know that COVID-19 affects important organs like the lungs and the heart. But did you know that COVID can also affect your eyes and vision? Studies show that COVID can affect all layers of the eye, starting at the cornea and ending at the retina. Here’s what you should […]
We’re finally starting to see the truth about the vexing condition. It’s not what we thought. BY JEFF WISE; 2023 Slate Even before 2020’s first horrific wave of COVID-19 deaths subsided, reports surfaced warning of a brutal second punch: Instead of recovering quickly after a mild infection, some people were suffering from symptoms that lingered or […]
BMJ 2022; 378 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/ bmj.o1887 27 July 2022: BMJ 2022;378:o1887, Jacqui Wise People experiencing long covid have reported a wider set of symptoms than previously thought, including hair loss and sexual dysfunction. Electronic health records of 2.4 million people in the UK from January 2020 to April 2021 were analysed for a study published in Nature Medicine.1 The cohort included 486 149 people with […]
A Spanish study suggests that SARS-CoV-2 mediated vagus nerve dysfunction (VND) could be responsible for long COVID. By SHIRA SILKOFF, FEBRUARY 2022 – The Jerusalem Post Many symptoms of post-COVID syndrome could be caused by lasting damage sustained to one of the most important nerves in the human body during initial infection with coronavirus, new research has […]
By Neha Mathur, Jun 2023, The Lancet In a recent study posted to Preprints with The Lancet* server, a team of researchers performed an extensive database search to identify studies providing consistent data on structural and functional alterations in organs and body parts innervated by the vagus nerve in subjects with post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) condition (PCC), […]
Mojgan Masoudi, Raziyeh Maasoumi & Nicola Luigi Bragazzi; BMC Public Health volume 22, Article number: 189 (2022) Abstract Background Since December 2019, when it was first reported in Wuhan, province of Hubei, China, the new virus SARS-CoV-2 has spread rapidly around the world and has become a global pandemic. During the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the public health measures implemented, people’s sexual activity has […]
Hospital beds are filling fast as the rise in respiratory viruses continues to sweep across the US Published 12/23 02:55, Hannah Murphy; The Messenger Hospitalizations and deaths owed to COVID-19 are rising as the nation heads into the holidays, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC’s most recent report highlights […]
By Amy Goldstein, 2023, The Washington Post People who endured even mild cases of covid-19 are at heightened risk two years later for lung problems, fatigue, diabetes and certain other health problems typical of long covid, according to a new studythat casts fresh light on the virus’s true toll. The analysis, published Monday in the journal […]
Raymond E. Garrett, Carlos H. Palacio, David Bar-Or: HYPOTHESIS AND THEORY article, Front. Med., 03 April 2023, Sec. Nephrology, Volume 10 – 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2023.1138644 Metabolic causes such as altered bioenergetics and amino acid metabolism may play a major role in Long COVID. Renal-metabolic regulation is an integral part of these pathways but has not been […]
DEC 10, 2023 – Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not provide information on a confirmed side effect of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to a newly disclosed document. FDA staffers said in the document, from 2021, that one of the agency’s top surveillance systems was unable […]