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Pre-existing psychological distress increases risk of long-COVID

In a recent study published in the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry, researchers investigated the association of psychological distress before coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with the risk of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC).

12 Sep 2022

Donor iron deficiency produces no harmful effects on donated blood quality or donor wellbeing

Most of the U.S. blood supply comes from about 5 million altruistic volunteers who donate blood regularly. Frequent blood donation is known to result in iron deficiency in donors, which has led to concerns that the practice may not only diminish the quality of donated blood but also harm blood donors' health and quality of life.

8 Sep 2022

Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of long COVID

Psychological distress, including depression, anxiety, worry, perceived stress, and loneliness, before COVID-19 infection was associated with an increased risk of long COVID, according to researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

7 Sep 2022

The currently available evidence on viral-induced parkinsonism

A new review attempts to summarize all known about the relationship between viral illness and parkinsonian disorders to facilitate further research.

31 Aug 2022

Penn State receives $1.6 million grant to study the link between COVID-19 and cognitive decline

As populations around the globe age, dementia - often caused by Alzheimer's disease and related disorders - is a growing health issue for older adults worldwide.

26 Aug 2022

Unraveling the interplay of omicron, reinfections, and long covid

The latest covid-19 surge, caused by a shifting mix of quickly evolving omicron subvariants, appears to be waning, with cases and hospitalizations beginning to fall.

26 Aug 2022

New diagnoses of neurological and psychiatric disorders remain common two years after COVID-19

New diagnoses of disorders including psychosis, dementia, seizures and ‘brain fog’ remain commoner two years after COVID-19 than after other respiratory infections, whereas the increased risks of depression and anxiety after COVID-19 are short-lived and there is no overall excess of cases.

25 Aug 2022

Simple computer program may help personalize cancer treatment

Cancer Council SA-funded researcher Associate Professor Stephanie Reuter Lange from UniSA hopes that a simple computer program can help personalize treatment for cancer patients.

23 Aug 2022

Risk trajectories of post-COVID neurological and psychiatric outcomes

Researchers examined the evolution of incidence or relative risk of neuropsychiatric diagnoses for two years in patients who had recovered from COVID-19.

22 Aug 2022

Cedars-Sinai investigators propose a theory for the cause of post-COVID syndromes

Investigators at Cedars-Sinai have proposed a theory for how SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects the body. Their hypothesis, published in Frontiers in Immunology, could explain why some people still have symptoms long after the initial infection.

19 Aug 2022

Birmingham City University and Burton Albion Community Trust join forces to tackle long-Covid symptoms

Researchers at Birmingham City University have joined forces with Burton Albion Community Trust to help people struggling with long-Covid symptoms improve their health and regain their fitness.

17 Aug 2022

The symptoms and quality of life among individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2

Researchers evaluated the symptoms and quality of life among individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 or PASC.

15 Aug 2022

Depression may be the strongest predictor of COVID-19-associated persistent brain fog, study finds

In a new study, researchers assessed the prevalence of cognitive complaints in COVID-19 patients and explored the factors associated with brain fog after one year of COVID-19 diagnosis.

12 Aug 2022

How common is chronic fatigue syndrome among patients with long COVID-19?

In a new study, researchers found that myalgic encephalitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) was common in long COVID-19.

10 Aug 2022

Species across the animal kingdom show signs of cognitive impairment with disease

Is brain fog a condition limited to humans? "Infectious disease and cognition in wild populations," a recently published paper in Trends in Ecology & Evolution, answers that question. In a review of the studies, it explores whether learning, memory, and problem-solving are impaired by infection, not just in humans, but in species across the animal kingdom.

9 Aug 2022

Fatigue and headache among the most common symptoms following COVID-19 infections

Fatigue and headache were the most common symptoms reported by individuals an average of more than four months out from having COVID-19, investigators report.

8 Aug 2022

UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital join new study to better understand long-term impact of COVID-19

Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego have joined a nationwide study to better understand the long-term impact of COVID-19 on patients in the United States across all demographic groups.

5 Aug 2022

Experts analyze the nature, prevalence, and severity of long-term symptoms related to COVID-19

One in eight adults (12.7%) who are infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience long term symptoms due to COVID-19, suggests a large Dutch study published in The Lancet.

5 Aug 2022

Cognitive rehab may help older adults clear covid-related brain fog

Eight months after falling ill with covid-19, the 73-year-old woman couldn't remember what her husband had told her a few hours before. She would forget to remove laundry from the dryer at the end of the cycle. She would turn on the tap at a sink and walk away.

5 Aug 2022

Persistent viral infections within hosts cause post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, research shows

A research team, comprised of Associate Professor Tomonari Sumi of the Research Institute for Interdisciplinary Science at Okayama University and Associate Professor Kouji Harada of the Center for IT-based Education at Toyohashi University of Technology, has developed a mathematical model of the immune response within infected hosts that considers systemic infection of a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), and demonstrated by conducting experimental computer simulations that persistent viral infections within hosts potentially cause long COVID or post-acute sequelae of COVID-19.

3 Aug 2022

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Pre-existing psychological distress increases risk of long-COVID

Donor iron deficiency produces no harmful effects on donated blood quality or donor wellbeing

Psychological distress before COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of long COVID

The currently available evidence on viral-induced parkinsonism

Penn State receives $1.6 million grant to study the link between COVID-19 and cognitive decline

Unraveling the interplay of omicron, reinfections, and long covid

New diagnoses of neurological and psychiatric disorders remain common two years after COVID-19

Simple computer program may help personalize cancer treatment

Risk trajectories of post-COVID neurological and psychiatric outcomes

Cedars-Sinai investigators propose a theory for the cause of post-COVID syndromes

Birmingham City University and Burton Albion Community Trust join forces to tackle long-Covid symptoms

The symptoms and quality of life among individuals with post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2

Depression may be the strongest predictor of COVID-19-associated persistent brain fog, study finds

How common is chronic fatigue syndrome among patients with long COVID-19?

Species across the animal kingdom show signs of cognitive impairment with disease

Fatigue and headache among the most common symptoms following COVID-19 infections

UC San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital join new study to better understand long-term impact of COVID-19

Experts analyze the nature, prevalence, and severity of long-term symptoms related to COVID-19

Cognitive rehab may help older adults clear covid-related brain fog

Persistent viral infections within hosts cause post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, research shows

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