September 2, 2024 by Hillary Smith, University of Kentucky UK researchers find Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in long COVID patientsResearch illustration by Tom Dolan. Credit: University of KentuckyNew research from the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging shows compelling evidence that the cognitive impairments observed in long COVID patients share striking similarities with those seen...
by Amsterdam University Medical Center Credit: Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44432-3Researchers from Amsterdam UMC and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU) have discovered that the persistent fatigue in patients with long COVID has a biological cause, namely mitochondria in muscle cells that produce less energy than in healthy patients. The results of the study were published in...
By Pooja Toshniwal Paharia Jun 17 2022 Reviewed by Aimee Molineux In a recent study published in Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, researchers assessed the symptoms of neurological post-acute sequelae of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection (neuro-PASC) among patients with and without neurologic disorders. Study: Longitudinal evaluation of neurologic-post acute sequelae SARS-CoV-2 infection symptoms....
by University of California, Los Angeles COVID-19. Credit: Pixabay New UCLA research finds that 30% of people treated for COVID-19 developed Post Acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), most commonly known as “Long COVID.” People with a history of hospitalization, diabetes, and higher body mass index were most likely to develop the condition, while those covered...
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IRVING MEDICAL CENTER March 15, 2022—Most patients with severe COVID who are put on ventilators regain consciousness following removal of respiratory support, but recovery may take weeks after the period of mechanical ventilation has ended, according to a new multicenter study. The study also found that patients took longer to recover consciousness the...
by American Society for Microbiology Credit: CC0 Public Domain A combined treatment strategy targeting SARS-CoV-2 symptoms and severe lung tissue injury is essential to minimize lung sequelae—chronic complications resulting from COVID-19 infection, according to a review published this week in Clinical Microbiology Reviews, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. Therapy using lung epithelial stem...
by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Dr. Ravindra Kolhe. Credit: Michael Holahan, Augusta University The search to better understand the tremendous range of responses to infection with the COVID-19 virus—from symptom free to critically ill—has uncovered in some of the sickest patients a handful of rare structural gene variants involved in body processes,...
by University of Sheffield Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Researchers have identified abnormalities in the lungs of long COVID patients who are experiencing breathlessness that cannot be detected with routine tests. The EXPLAIN study, which involves teams at Sheffield, Oxford, Cardiff and Manchester, is using hyperpolarised xenon MRI scans to investigate possible lung damage in long...
MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL BOSTON – Although abnormal blood clotting has been identified as one of the primary causes of death from COVID-19, early treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU) with therapeutic anticoagulation (anti-clotting) for adults who are critically ill with COVID-19 does not appear to improve chances of survival, and could do more harm...
By LUKE ANDREWS FOR MAILONLINE A drug used to treat head lice could cut the risk of death for hospitalised Covid patients by up to 80 per cent, a study suggests. Ivermectin, a prescription-only drug that can cost as little as £1.50 for a course of treatment, was also found to potentially halve the time critically-ill...
