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A section specially dedicated to Long COVID or PASC ie Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19. The section on Long COVID will cover all the latest research and developments about Long COVID or PASC and also provide guidelines to all long haulers about the new treatment protocols and therapeutics available for long COVID or Post-acute Sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC). Long COVID is expected to become a major h...
Medical News: Researchers from the Department of Biomedical Sciences and the Department of Pediatrics at the Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia, USA, together with scientists from the Department of Pediatrics, Hadassah Medical Center and the Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, have uncovered concerning new evidence that t...
Medical News: Hidden Genetic Changes May Linger Even After Mild COVID
Even people who recover quickly from a mild COVID-19 infection may continue carrying subtle biological changes for months afterward, according to a major new European study. Researchers discovered that SARS-CoV-2 can leave lasting marks on DNA activity for up to four months, affecting genes involved in the body's antiviral ...
Medical News: A new international study has uncovered compelling evidence that many patients who develop long COVID continue to carry persistent biological changes affecting their blood vessels months after recovering from the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection.
The findings suggest that ongoing activation of the endothelium—the thin layer of cells lining blood vessels—may be one of the def...
Medical News: Scientists Discover COVID-19 Alters the Bacterial Landscape Inside the Body's Immune Cells
Scientists have uncovered compelling new evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection does far more than attack human cells. A new study has found that COVID-19 dramatically changes the bacteria living inside immune cells, with some potentially harmful microbes remaining active long after the virus ...
Medical News: Scientists Discover Hidden Nervous System Changes That May Explain Persistent Long-COVID Symptoms
A growing number of people recovering from COVID-19 continue to struggle with unexplained dizziness, rapid heartbeat, overwhelming fatigue and brain fog long after the infection has cleared. Now, researchers in Mexico believe they have uncovered an important piece of the puzzle. Their la...
Medical News: For years, doctors have known that COVID-19 can affect far more than the lungs. Now, researchers in Poland have found that while the virus commonly disrupts thyroid hormone levels and leaves many hospitalized patients deficient in vitamin D, these changes do not appear to determine who survives the disease. Instead, advancing age remains the strongest predictor of death.
New res...
Medical News: Scientists are shedding new light on why millions of people continue to suffer from Long COVID months or even years after recovering from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. A new scientific review suggests that lingering spike protein trapped in reservoirs within the body may continuously activate the brain's immune system, triggering chronic inflammation that could explain persistent brain...
Thailand Medical: For years, doctors have known that many people continue to suffer from brain fog, memory problems, headaches, fatigue, and other neurological issues long after recovering from COVID-19. Now, a Thailand Medical study has revealed that those who experienced severe or critical COVID-19 show significantly higher levels of blood markers linked to brain inflammation and nerve cell dama...
Medical News: A new study has uncovered a previously overlooked biological feature of Long COVID that could eventually pave the way for new treatment strategies. Researchers have discovered that people suffering from Long COVID carry unusually high numbers of tiny sugar-coated particles in their blood, offering fresh clues about why symptoms persist long after the initial coronavirus infection has...
Medical News: Post-COVID Heart Valve Damage May Be More Common Than Believed
Researchers from the Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Politehnica University Timișoara, and the University of Life Sciences "King Michael I" Timișoara, Romania, have completed an extensive review revealing that COVID-19 may have a much greater impact on heart valves and heart failure than previ...
Medical News: For millions of people worldwide, COVID-19 recovery does not end when the virus disappears. Persistent fatigue remains one of the most common and debilitating long-term symptoms, often lasting months or even years. Now, researchers have identified biological changes that may help explain why this overwhelming exhaustion refuses to go away. Their findings suggest that lingering fatigu...
Medical News: Two-Year Eye Scan Study Reveals Lasting Changes
A new study has found that people living with long COVID may develop subtle but persistent changes in the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that is closely connected to the brain. Although these changes do not necessarily affect vision immediately, researchers believe they could reflect ongoing neurological effe...
Medical News: New review suggests persistent spike proteins may awaken lifelong viruses and help drive long COVID and chronic post-viral illnesses
Scientists from the Institute of Microbiology and Virology, Rīga Stradiņš University Research Centre, Rīga, Latvia, have unveiled a compelling new hypothesis that could help explain why millions of people continue to suffer debilitating health p...
Medical News: Pandemic’s Emotional Impact on Children Proved Far More Lasting Than Expected
The psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic did not disappear when lockdowns ended. Instead, new research shows that many children and teenagers continued to experience worsening mental health problems long after restrictions were lifted, with growing numbers suffering from mood disorders, sel...
Medical News: Many people assume that mild COVID-19 leaves little lasting impact beyond a few days of cold-like symptoms. However, a new study has revealed that even mild infections can temporarily trigger significant changes in blood cells that continue for weeks after the virus is first detected.
New research shows that even mild COVID-19 can temporarily alter immune cells and platelet leve...
Medical News: Long COVID patients suffering from persistent pain may have a hidden clue inside their brain activity, according to new research from the University of Leeds Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, United Kingdom, and King Salman bin Abdulaziz Medical City, Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
The findings suggest that slower brain wave activity is linked to more severe pain, o...
Medical News: Long COVID May Leave the Immune System Stuck in a State of Constant Battle
A new scientific review is raising fresh concerns that COVID-19 may leave behind a lasting impact on the body's immune system long after the initial infection has ended. Researchers found growing evidence that many people with long COVID continue to experience chronic inflammation, immune system abnormali...
Medical News: Researchers from the National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases, Health Group, Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia have uncovered growing evidence that long COVID may trigger changes in the brain that resemble the early stages of neurodegenerative disease. Their review highlights how lingering effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection could damage brain cells, blood vesse...
Medical News: Long COVID may be doing far more damage to the brain than previously recognized, according to a new Canadian study that found striking evidence of reduced dopamine-related nerve terminals in key brain regions involved in motivation, movement and memory. The findings could help explain why many people continue to struggle with persistent apathy, slowed thinking and memory problems mon...
Medical News: Scientists Find Vitamin B12 May Help Protect the Brain After COVID-19
A new study has found that giving vitamin B12 soon after COVID-19 infection may help reduce brain inflammation and protect nerve cells that are often damaged during long COVID. Researchers discovered that early treatment lowered harmful inflammation in a critical memory center of the brain and reduced changes linke...
Medical News: Long COVID may be affecting far more than the lungs, heart, and brain. Researchers are now warning that the lingering condition could also interfere with the female reproductive system, causing menstrual changes, temporary hormonal imbalances, and, in rare cases, potentially serious ovarian problems. While most women appear to recover without lasting reproductive damage, scientists s...
Medical News: Large UK Trial Finds Only Modest Short-Term Benefits
A major UK clinical trial has found that two commonly used medications—colchicine and a combination of famotidine with loratadine—provided only small, temporary improvements in fatigue among people living with long COVID. However, the benefits disappeared after treatment ended, suggesting these drugs are unlikely to pr...
Medical News: Long-Term Vision Problems Linked to Hidden Nerve and Immune Damage
A new study has revealed that even people who experienced only mild COVID-19 may develop persistent eye problems that can last for years after recovering from the initial infection.
Researchers found that these lingering symptoms are associated with chronic immune system abnormalities, damage to the tiny nerves of th...
Medical News: For years, scientists have searched for a single blood test or biomarker that could explain why millions of people continue to suffer from Long COVID. However, a new study suggests they may have been asking the wrong question. Instead of focusing on individual biological markers, researchers discovered that the disease is driven by constantly changing interactions between the brain, ...
Medical News: The landscape of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular health has been profoundly altered by the global arrival of SARS-CoV-2. Initially characterized as a primarily respiratory pathogen, scientific consensus has since revealed that the virus behaves like an aggressive systemic vascular agent. Clinical data confirms that COVID-19 significantly elevates the risk of acute ischemic strokes...
Medical News: Scientists Discover Another Hidden Way COVID 19 Reprograms Human Cells
Scientists investigating the long-term biological consequences of COVID-19 have uncovered compelling evidence that SARS-CoV-2 infection is driving the emergence of novel chimeric RNAs within infected human cells, revealing yet another mechanism by which the virus alters human biology. Rather than simply using the...
Medical News: Researchers Uncover How SARS-CoV-2 Could Worsen Parkinson's Disease
Scientists have uncovered fresh evidence suggesting that a protein from the virus responsible for COVID-19 may accelerate the progression of Parkinson's disease by binding more strongly to harmful protein clumps as the disease advances. The findings provide new clues into why some people with Parkinson's...
Medical News: A new international study has uncovered striking differences in the immune response of people who develop Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) after COVID-19, revealing that the condition follows a different inflammatory pathway than traditional cases of the rare neurological disorder. The findings could eventually help doctors identify patients earlier, predict disease severity, and...
Medical News: More than six years after COVID-19 changed the world, scientists are still searching for ways to reduce severe illness and ease the long-lasting health problems that follow infection. A new review suggests that an inexpensive and widely available vitamin—folic acid, also known as vitamin B9—could play a much bigger role than previously believed in protecting the body'...
Medical News: A groundbreaking study by researchers from the National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases (NCNED), Griffith University, Australia, has uncovered compelling evidence that the brain's natural waste disposal system is impaired in people living with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). The discovery offers one of the strongest biological explana...
Medical News: A growing body of evidence suggests that COVID-19 may, in rare cases, trigger a serious autoimmune brain disorder known as anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis. Researchers from the Student Research Committee, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, the Brain Mapping Research Center, Research Institute of Functional Neurosurgery, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, the Institut...
Medical News: For many people, recovering from COVID-19 does not always mean a complete return to normal health. A growing body of research suggests that sleep problems can continue long after the infection has cleared, affecting daily life, mental well-being, and overall health. A new study by researchers from the Division of Sleep and Circadian Disorders at Brigham and Women's Hospital and H...
Medical News: Even after recovering from what appeared to be a mild COVID-19 infection, many athletes may not be performing at the same level as before, according to a new systematic review and meta-analysis conducted by researchers from the Medical University of Warsaw, Poland. The research team included scientists from the 3rd Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology and the First Departme...
Medical News: For many people, recovering from COVID-19 does not necessarily mean their lungs have completely healed. A new American study has found that structural changes affecting the airways and blood vessels of the lungs can still be detected three to four years after the initial infection. Even more concerning, these lingering abnormalities were linked to persistent symptoms such as fatigue,...
Medical News: Long COVID has been linked to lingering inflammation and damage to blood vessels, prompting scientists to investigate whether everyday nutrition could influence recovery. A new study has now explored whether the amount of minerals people consume through their diet affects blood vessel stiffness and vascular aging in those living with long COVID. While a few interesting trends emerged...
Medical News: Inflammation During COVID-19 May Leave Lasting Brain Changes in Female Survivors
A growing body of evidence suggests that long COVID affects women differently from men, and a new study has uncovered a possible biological reason why. Researchers have found that inflammation during the acute phase of COVID-19 may leave persistent damage to the brain's white matter in women, increa...
Medical News: Millions of people who recover from COVID-19 may continue facing unexpected health challenges long after the infection has passed. A new study has found that the virus is linked to a significantly higher risk of developing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a serious sleep disorder that can increase the likelihood of heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cognitive decline.
New resear...
Medical News: COVID-19 May Trigger Rare Autoimmune Muscle Disorder in Some Patients
A growing body of research suggests that COVID-19 may be linked to the development of a rare autoimmune disease called myasthenia gravis (MG), although scientists stress that the condition remains uncommon and a direct cause-and-effect relationship has yet to be proven.
A major review suggests COVID-19 may ra...
Medical News: A new study has uncovered a surprising biological clue behind the lingering exhaustion many people experience after COVID-19 infection. Researchers have found that a combination of low selenium levels and specific immune reactions may significantly increase the risk of persistent fatigue—one of the most common symptoms of long COVID.
Low selenium and immune disruption may ...
Medical News: A new review has suggested that the antidepressant drug mirtazapine could become a promising treatment option for people struggling with Long COVID, particularly those suffering from persistent fatigue, brain fog, poor sleep, anxiety and depression. The review was conducted by Dr. Marcos Altable from the Department of Neurology, Neuroceuta (Virgen de África Clinic), Ceut...
Medical News: For years, scientists have warned that infection with SARS-CoV-2 increases the risk of cardiovascular disease long after the initial illness has passed. Now, researchers are investigating an even more concerning possibility: the virus or its remnants may remain hidden deep inside the body's bone marrow, potentially driving chronic inflammation, immune dysfunction, abnormal blood ...
Medical News: Scientists Find the Coronavirus May Leave Lasting Effects on Blood Sugar and Metabolic Health
Although the COVID-19 pandemic has largely faded from daily headlines, scientists are warning that its health consequences may continue for years. A new comprehensive review suggests that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, may leave behind a hidden legacy by increasing the risk...
Medical News: New study reveals diabetes, smoking and female sex dramatically increase mental health risks after COVID-19
Millions of people who recover from COVID-19 believe the worst is behind them. However, new research suggests that for many individuals, the virus leaves behind invisible psychological effects that may persist for months. Researchers have found that anxiety and depression are ...
Medical News: Advanced Brain Mapping Reveals New Clues Behind Long COVID Symptoms
Researchers from King's College London, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, the University of Porto in Portugal, RISE-HEALTH at the University of Porto, and the University of Padova in Italy have uncovered important evidence that Post-COVID syndrome is associated with subtle but distinct changes in...
Medical News: Researchers Discover That COVID-19 Leaves Lasting Changes in the Immune System That Resemble Faster Biological Aging
Scientists have uncovered more evidence that COVID-19 does much more than cause a temporary viral illness. A new study has found that the virus can leave behind long-lasting changes in the immune system that closely resemble accelerated biological aging. The findings ...
Medical News: Long-Term Study Reveals Striking Similarities
A new study has found that people suffering from long COVID may gradually develop biological and cognitive changes that closely resemble those seen in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), adding fresh evidence that the two conditions may share many of the same underlying disease processes.
Long-term research ...
Medical News: Emerging research is reshaping how the medical community views the long-term fallout from SARS-CoV-2 infections. Beyond acute respiratory illness and well-documented long COVID symptoms, mounting evidence reveals that COVID-19 can accelerate biological aging at the cellular and molecular levels, effectively causing premature aging in many survivors. This phenomenon involves epigeneti...
Medical News: Scientists Warn That COVID-19 May Continue Affecting the Heart Long After Recovery
A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that COVID-19 may continue harming the body long after the initial infection has cleared. A new review has found that lingering SARS-CoV-2 viral material may keep the immune system in a constant state of activation, potentially increasing the risk of sudd...
Medical News: Researchers have uncovered compelling evidence that changes in the body's nervous system during aging may quietly reshape the immune system, creating the perfect conditions for chronic inflammation, autoimmune diseases, and even Long COVID. Their findings suggest that the gradual loss of balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system ...
Medical News: For many people, recovering from COVID-19 does not mean the illness is truly over. Months after the infection has cleared, many continue to struggle with memory problems, difficulty concentrating, slower thinking, and trouble planning or making decisions. These symptoms, commonly known as "brain fog," have become one of the most disabling features of long COVID. Now, resear...
Medical News: Scientists are raising new concerns that COVID-19 may leave behind lasting damage that extends far beyond the lungs. New research suggests that even after the virus has been cleared from the body, persistent inflammation in the nervous system may continue damaging the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye that is essential for vision. The findings provide fresh ev...
Medical News: Scientists Uncover a Persistent Immune Circuit Driving Long COVID
A new study has shed important light on why some people continue to suffer from long COVID months or even years after their initial coronavirus infection. Researchers have identified a powerful immune interaction between two types of immune cells—monocytes and plasma cells—that appears to sustain inflammat...
Medical News: Millions of people worldwide continue to battle Long COVID, often facing persistent shortness of breath, fatigue, reduced stamina, and difficulty carrying out everyday activities months after recovering from their initial infection. Now, new research from Taiwan suggests that a simple handheld breathing device known as an incentive spirometer could offer a practical and affordable wa...
Medical News: Long COVID continues to puzzle doctors and researchers around the world, with millions of people still suffering from lingering symptoms months or even years after recovering from a SARS-CoV-2 infection. Now, a new study has revealed that long COVID may not be a single condition at all. Instead, researchers have identified a distinct subgroup of patients who appear to have ongoing im...
Medical News: Researchers from the Clinic of Endocrinology at University Hospital Georgi Stranski–Pleven, the Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology and Endocrinology at Medical University–Pleven, the Department of Anatomy, Histology, Cytology and Biology at Medical University–Pleven, and the Department of Clinical Immunology, Allergology and Clinical Laboratory at Medical Univers...
