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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: 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...
Medical News: A new study from Taiwan has uncovered troubling evidence that long COVID may be causing subtle but measurable damage to blood vessels in the brain, potentially helping explain why many people continue to suffer from brain fog and chronic headaches months after recovering from COVID-19. Researchers found that patients with persistent neurological symptoms showed signs of cerebral arte...
Medical News: A new study has uncovered an intriguing connection between diet and blood vessel health in people suffering from Long COVID, suggesting that the balance of carbohydrates, fats, and overall calorie intake may influence changes in artery function that persist years after a COVID-19 infection.
Researchers find that dietary patterns may influence arterial stiffness and vascular heal...
Medical News: Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that inflammatory molecules generated during viral infections such as COVID-19 may have effects that extend far beyond the infected individual. A new study has found that key cytokines associated with immune responses can alter sperm molecular profiles and influence the brain development, behavior, and metabolic responses of future of...
Medical News: A new study has found that even after people recover from mild COVID-19, important molecular changes inside their cells may continue long after the virus has disappeared. Researchers discovered that SARS-CoV-2 infection can disrupt a process known as ADAR RNA editing, and in some individuals these abnormalities persist even after recovery, potentially helping explain why some people ...
Medical News: A growing body of evidence suggests that Long COVID is far more than a lingering viral illness. Scientists are increasingly discovering that in some patients, the body's immune system may continue causing damage long after the initial infection has resolved. A groundbreaking new study now indicates that autoantibodies—immune proteins that mistakenly attack the body's ow...
Medical News: A groundbreaking new study has uncovered an unexpected mechanism that may help explain how SARS-CoV-2 gains access to immune cells that were previously thought to be relatively resistant to infection. The research reveals that the virus can exploit a natural cellular cleanup process known as efferocytosis to enter macrophages and trigger the intense inflammatory responses associated ...
Medical News: A new study has uncovered compelling evidence that some individuals who experience prolonged symptoms after COVID-19 may develop a temporary but significant form of immune dysfunction involving one of the body's most important immune cell populations. Researchers found that a subset of patients recovering from SARS-CoV-2 infection showed persistent CD4+ T cell hyporesponsiveness,...
Medical News: As scientists continue to investigate why some COVID-19 patients develop dangerous blood clots, a new scientific letter is offering an important explanation that could help resolve years of conflicting research. The new findings suggest that the intact SARS-CoV-2 spike protein may not be responsible for abnormal clotting behavior. Instead, it may be smaller spike protein fragments th...
Medical News: New study finds lingering breathing abnormalities months after infection even in children with mild illness
For much of the COVID-19 pandemic, children were believed to escape the worst effects of SARS-CoV-2 infection. While most young patients experienced only mild symptoms or no symptoms at all, new research is raising concerns that the virus may leave behind subtle but potentiall...
Medical News: A growing body of evidence suggests that COVID-19 is far more than a respiratory disease. While most attention during the pandemic focused on inflammation markers such as C-reactive protein (CRP), ferritin, and D-dimer, a new comprehensive review has highlighted a large group of neglected biomarkers that may provide crucial insights into how SARS-CoV-2 silently damages blood vessels ...
Medical News: A new study is providing some of the strongest evidence yet that Long COVID can cause lasting changes in the brain that remain detectable years after the initial SARS-CoV-2 infection. Researchers using advanced brain imaging technology have discovered persistent abnormalities in brain metabolism among Long COVID patients, particularly those struggling with severe fatigue and post-exe...
Medical News: Although the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has largely faded from public attention, scientists are continuing to uncover evidence that the virus leaves behind lasting biological effects in many individuals. A new study has revealed that people who experienced severe COVID-19 can continue to show elevated levels of inflammatory molecules and tissue-remodeling enzymes for as lon...
Medical News: For millions of people living with Long COVID, one of the most frustrating symptoms is persistent shortness of breath. Many continue to struggle with breathing months or even years after recovering from the initial infection, yet doctors often find that traditional lung tests do not fully explain the severity of their symptoms. A new study from Spain is shedding light on this puzzlin...
Medical News: A newly published case study is adding to growing concerns that COVID-19 may trigger inflammation of the pancreas, a potentially serious condition known as acute pancreatitis. While the coronavirus is primarily known for attacking the lungs and causing respiratory illness, doctors are increasingly discovering that the virus can affect multiple organs throughout the body. The latest r...
Medical News: For millions of people struggling with long COVID, the lingering fatigue, low mood, and mental exhaustion can be as devastating as the original infection itself. Now, a new Japanese study has uncovered evidence that a reactivated dormant virus may be contributing to these symptoms, while also identifying a potential treatment that could help a specific group of patients.
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Medical News: A growing body of scientific evidence is revealing a troubling consequence of COVID-19 that extends far beyond the acute infection phase. Researchers are increasingly finding that people who recover from SARS-CoV-2 infection face a significantly higher risk of developing new allergic diseases, including asthma and allergic rhinitis, months after recovery. While doctors have long reco...
Medical News: Researchers have discovered that critically ill COVID-19 patients suffering from acute brain dysfunction can be divided into four distinct groups, each with its own pattern of delirium, coma, and neurological recovery. The findings, generated using machine learning analysis, could help doctors better understand why some patients experience prolonged brain-related complications while ...
Medical News: A new study by researchers in Hong Kong has revealed that two SARS-CoV-2 variants, BA.2.86 and JN.1, possess a unique biological advantage that may have helped them spread widely around the world. Unlike many previous Omicron variants that primarily focused on the respiratory tract, these newer variants appear to have developed an enhanced ability to infect and replicate in the human...
Medical News: A growing body of evidence suggests that COVID-19 may leave behind health consequences that extend far beyond the initial infection. Now, a new study has found that inflammation triggered during COVID-19 could be linked to serious cardiovascular complications and even death as long as six years after recovery.
High inflammation levels during COVID-19 may predict heart attacks, a...
Medical News: A disturbing post-pandemic health trend is emerging across numerous countries as growing numbers of adults in their 30s and 40s are requiring hip replacement surgeries once considered far more common among the elderly. Orthopaedic specialists are warning that severe hip joint damage linked to post-COVID complications and treatment-related factors is increasingly being detected in you...
Medical News: A new study from researchers in Poland and the United Kingdom has found that the immune system may remain disrupted for up to nine months after a person recovers from COVID-19, even when most symptoms have started to improve. The findings provide fresh evidence that long COVID is far more complex than many people realize and may involve ongoing biological changes long after the initi...
Medical News: Scientists have uncovered new evidence that a fragment of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein can alter key protective genes in lung and intestinal cells in ways that differ from bacterial toxins, potentially helping explain why COVID-19 can trigger a wide range of respiratory, digestive, and inflammatory complications. The findings suggest that even isolated components of the virus may dis...
Medical News: Persistent symptoms in children following COVID-19 infection have puzzled doctors and researchers worldwide. While many young patients recover completely, a subset continues to struggle with fatigue, dizziness, exercise intolerance, cognitive difficulties, headaches, and a range of other symptoms for months after the initial infection. Now, a new study has uncovered biological eviden...
Medical News: Persistent Alterations Found in Brain Networks After COVID-19 Recovery
A new brain imaging study has found that COVID-19 may leave behind subtle but potentially important changes in the brain long after the infection has cleared. Researchers discovered evidence of altered brain communication networks and white matter abnormalities in people who had recovered from COVID-19, with the ...
Medical News: As the world moves further away from the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists are increasingly uncovering evidence that SARS-CoV-2 may continue affecting the body long after the initial infection appears to have resolved. A major new scientific review is warning that lingering viral material, persistent inflammation, microscopic blood clots, and ongoing damage to blood ve...
Medical News: Long COVID Linked to Heart Nerve Dysfunction and Unusual Immune Responses
A new study from France has uncovered important clues about why some people suffering from long COVID develop troubling cardiovascular symptoms such as rapid heartbeat, dizziness, faintness, and difficulty standing for long periods. Researchers found that younger patients, those with certain breathing abnormal...
Medical News: COVID-19 Recovery May Leave Hidden Brain Changes for Months
A new brain imaging study has found that COVID-19 may leave behind subtle but potentially important changes in the brain long after the infection has cleared. Researchers discovered evidence of altered brain communication networks and white matter abnormalities in people who had recovered from COVID-19, with the most pronou...
Medical News: Millions of people struggling with long COVID often complain that they cannot think clearly, remember simple things, or stay mentally focused. Now, researchers in Brazil have found evidence that better physical fitness may significantly improve brain function in people recovering from COVID-19, especially those suffering from lingering cognitive issues commonly called “brain fo...
Medical News: Millions of people worldwide continue to struggle with lingering cognitive problems long after recovering from COVID-19. Often described as “brain fog,” these symptoms can include forgetfulness, difficulty concentrating, mental fatigue, slowed thinking, and problems finding the right words during conversations. While many patients report that these issues significantly af...
