Mary Van Beusekom, MS A study involving hospitalized adults today in JAMA Network Open finds that severe COVID-19 negatively affects brain health, but no more so than pneumonia, heart attack, or other critical illnesses. Copenhagen University Hospital researchers in Denmark compared the cognitive, psychiatric, and neurologic test results of 120 COVID-19 patients with those of...
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Homing in on the genetics of severe COVID in children
ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY One of the most terrifying aspects of the COVID pandemic has been its unpredictably severe impact on some children. While most infected kids have few or no symptoms, one in 10,000 fall suddenly and dramatically ill about a month after a mild infection, landing in the hospital with inflamed hearts, lungs, kidneys, and...
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Voice screening App delivers rapid results for Parkinson’s and severe COVID
RMIT UNIVERSITY IMAGE: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NEMUEL DANIEL PAH, PROFESSOR DINESH KUMAR AND DR QUOC CUONG NGO USE THE VOICE SCREENING APP. CREDIT: RMIT UNIVERSITY A new screening test App could help advance the early detection of Parkinson’s disease and severe COVID-19, improving the management of these illnesses. Developed by a research team of engineers and...
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Researchers pinpoint blood factors linked to severe COVID
by University of York Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Scientists have identified unique “indicators” in the blood of patients with severe and fatal COVID, paving the way for simple diagnostic tests to help doctors identify who will go on to become critically ill. In a study led by researchers at the Hull York Medical School and...
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Severe COVID could reduce male fertility
by Lauren Baggett, University of Georgia Credit: CC0 Public Domain Each day, clinicians and scientists are learning more about the acute and long-term health effects of COVID-19 on the body. A new study from the University of Georgia explores the potential impact of the virus on male fertility. The article, published recently in Nature Reviews Urology, reviews...
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Like priming a pump, cells damaged by chronic lung disease can result in severe COVID
by The Translational Genomics Research Institute Credit: CC0 Public Domain The results of a study by an international scientific team co-led by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of the City of Hope, suggest that—like pouring water atop a wellhead before pumping—the airway cells of patients with chronic lung diseases are “primed” for infection by the...