News Release 2-Oct-2024 UB researcher characterizes the findings published in JAMA Network Open as “a negative study with a positive twist” Peer-Reviewed PublicationUniversity at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — A small University at Buffalo clinical trial has found that at low doses, lithium aspartate is ineffective in treating the fatigue and brain fog that is often...
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Long COVID inflicts deep scars on the lungs. Targeting specific immune cells could reverse damage
September 4, 2024 by Harish Narasimhan, The Conversation Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe long-term effects of respiratory viral infections such as COVID-19 are a major public health burden. Some estimates suggest over 65 million people around the world suffer from long COVID-19. Efforts to better understand this condition, however, have been hampered by its ability to...
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Internal tremors: Adding to the list of long COVID symptoms
August 28, 2024 by Freda Kreier, Yale University Most important symptoms for differentiating between participants with and without internal tremors. Credit: The American Journal of Medicine (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2024.07.008Long COVID has a laundry list of symptoms—and a lesser-known but troubling one is the sensation of having internal tremors, often with no outward evidence that this...
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COVID summer guide: How to navigate symptoms, variants and vaccines this season amid rising cases
Updated July 5, 2024 Experts are beginning to see signs of the usual summer COVID surge. They have tips on what you need to know this season. (Getty Images)It’s summer 2024, but the COVID-19 pandemic is still hanging around. And while the virus continues to evolve, it’s doing so in more predictable ways. Specifically, the...
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Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place—the picture is unsettling
JULY 21, 2024 by Ziyad Al-Aly, The Conversation Credit: Andrea Piacquadio from PexelsSince 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in...
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COVID VIRUS IS WIDESPREAD IN VIRGINIA ANIMALS
July 30th, 2024Posted by Matt Chittum – Virginia Tech (Credit: Getty Images) SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, is widespread among wildlife species, according to new research. Researchers detected the virus in six common backyard species in Virginia and antibodies indicating prior exposure to the virus were found in five species with rates of exposure...
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Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – the picture is unsettling
Published: July 18, 2024 7:02pm EDT Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force. The intense scientific...
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Joe Biden has COVID: Here’s what someone over 80 can expect
JULY 18, 2024 by Hassan Vally, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain If US politics leading up to the 2024 presidential election was a Hollywood thriller, it would be a movie full of plot twists and surprises. The latest twist is President Joe Biden has COVID and is isolating at home. Biden’s doctor says his...
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An outdated vaccine could be to blame for LA’s COVID surge
An outdated vaccine could be to blame for LA’s COVID surgeRelaxed public measures, a new variant, and increased travel are also likely contributors to LA’s rising COVID cases.By Amber X. Chen • Published July 8, 2024 • Updated 2 hours agoCOVID-19 cases are on the rise in LA County and California. Colleen Williams and Annabelle...
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Scientists identify possible way to block muscle fatigue in long COVID, other diseases
JULY 12, 2024 by Washington University School of Medicine Research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis reveals how brain inflammation triggers extreme muscle weakness across several diseases, including viral infection, bacterial infection and Alzheimer’s disease. Shown are fruit fly muscles; the violet staining is a measure of how well mitochondria in muscle...