A study led by corresponding author Paul Kuodi with the Faculty of Medicine at Bar-Ilan University, Israel and the Galilee Medical Center, uncovered what appears as potentially good news. Still in preprint mode—the study shouldn’t be cited as evidence—it nonetheless,...
Doc Touts Long COVID ‘Cure’
by Jennifer Henderson Patients Spend Thousands on Long COVID 'Cure' As COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc for many patients long after their initial symptoms subside, some are seeking help in expensive and experimental forms. Mother Jones reported on the case of a...
Could microclots help explain the mystery of long Covid?
By Resia Pretorius My lab has found significant microclot formation in long Covid patients. Unfortunately, these are missed in routine blood tests One of the biggest failures during the Covid-19 pandemic is our slow response in diagnosing and treating long Covid. As...
Complementary and alternative medicine for the COVID-19 pandemic: current evidence and emerging challenges
Integrative Medicine Research, Volume 10, Supplement, In progress (2021) This issue is in progress but contains articles that are final and fully citable. Click here for the full issueTCM for COVID-19 treatment: the road ahead This editorial discusses aspects...
Patients that Received Dexamethasone less Afflicted with Long COVID
Researchers from the North Bristol NHS Trust, Academic Respiratory Unit in Bristol, UK, recently uploaded study results to the medRxiv preprint server. The study team sought to identify if the corticosteroid dexamethasone, proven to reduce COVID-19 mortality in...
Antibodies mimicking the virus may explain long haul COVID-19, rare vaccine side effects
by Nadine A Yehya, UC Davis With around 256 million cases and more than 5 million deaths worldwide, the COVID-19 pandemic has challenged scientists and those in the medical field. Researchers are working to find effective vaccines and therapies, as well as understand...
Stanford Medicine Securing $15m to Conduct NIH-Sponsored RECOVER Study Investigating Long COVID
Standard Medicine principal investigators will receive nearly $15 million over a four-year term from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study long COVID. Stanford is but one of 30 research teams involved with the imminent, nationwide, NIH-sponsored RECOVER...
Even Health-Care Workers With Long COVID Are Being Dismissed
Medical professionals are used to being believed, but as patients, they found that their expertise didn’t matter. By Ed Yong Before she caught COVID-19 at a wedding in March 2020, the physician associate spent her days diagnosing and treating people; after she was...
The Long-Term Loss of Smell Many People Have After COVID Is a ‘Public Health Concern,’ Researchers Say
Between 700,000 and 1.6 million people in the US who had COVID-19 had a loss or change in smell that lasted for more than six months, researchers estimate. By Korin Miller A lost sense of smell was one of the first known symptoms of COVID-19. And since...
Long COVID from the Perspective of Anthroposophic Medicine – Symptoms and Treatment Options
Recommendations of an international expert commission for health professionals By Henrik Szőke, et al. Published September 27, 2021 in Anthromedics Abstract A growing number of people are affected by a Long COVID syndrome with often long-lasting, significant...
In Long COVID, GI and Mental Health Symptoms ‘Go Hand in Hand’
— More severe post-COVID gastrointestinal symptoms also increased the risk for anxiety and sadness by Zaina Hamza Mental health symptoms in people who recovered from COVID-19 were associated with post-infection gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, a survey-based study...
Researcher Turned COVID Long-Hauler
— A story of knowledge and recovery by Paul Gardener, MD I'm 65, and I'm fit and well. When COVID struck, I was enjoying life. I was doing lots of running and cycling. I felt I was titanium-plated in some ways. The disease was traveling very rapidly through the U.K. I...
COVID SCIENCE-Breakthrough infections can lead to long COVID; genes may explain critical illness in young, healthy adults
By Nancy Lapid Oct 27 (Reuters) - The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19. They include research that warrants further study to corroborate the findings and that have yet to be certified by peer review. Breakthrough infections can lead to long...
Long Covid Now Has an Official Definition From the World Health Organization
Lingering fatigue, shortness of breath, and brain fog are among the symptoms people may experience months after infection, the WHO says. By Ed Cara This week, the World Health Organization released diagnostic criteria for long covid, a perplexing condition that...
Heart Damage Racks Covid Survivors a Year After Infection, study shows
By Jason Gale Heart damage from Covid-19 extends well beyond the disease’s initial stages, according to a study that found even people who were never sick enough to need hospitalization are in danger of developing heart failure and deadly blood clots a year later....