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Implantable device helps stabilize blood pressure in spinal cord injury patients

Getting out of bed in the morning without the risk of passing out is a game-changer for 32-year-old Cody Krebs.

17 Sep 2025

Common diabetes drug metformin cuts long covid risk by 64 percent in UK study

A large UK-based retrospective cohort study found that initiating metformin within 90 days of COVID-19 diagnosis reduced the risk of Long COVID by 64% in overweight and obese adults. The findings suggest metformin may offer a low-cost preventive option pending confirmation from randomized trials.

8 Sep 2025

Researchers develop machine learning models to identify biomarkers for chronic fatigue syndrome

When cells expire, they leave behind an activity log of sorts: RNA expelled into blood plasma that reveal changes in gene expression, cellular signaling, tissue injury and other biological processes.

11 Aug 2025

New Swiss study probes lingering fatigue after Legionnaires' disease

Researchers in Switzerland launched the LongLEGIO study to compare the long-term health impacts of Legionnaires’ disease and other bacterial pneumonias. Baseline data reveal key differences in comorbidities and quality of life between the groups, with follow-up underway.

4 Aug 2025

Maybe it’s not just aging. Maybe it’s anemia.

Gary Sergott felt weary all the time. "I'd get tired, short of breath, a sort of malaise," he said. He was cold even on warm days and looked pale with dark circles under his eyes.

17 Jul 2025

Survey highlights widespread emotional impact of cancer on patients and their families

A cancer diagnosis is a life-changing event for patients that can cause short- and long-term mental health concerns as they shift to living within a new timeline driven by weeks or months between medical follow-up appointments.

15 Jul 2025

Uncovering the link between viruses and neurodegeneration through primate models

In a comprehensive Genomic Press Innovators & Ideas interview, Dr. Danielle Beckman reveals how her passion for microscopy has evolved into a mission to understand viral impacts on brain health, offering hope for patients suffering from post-viral neurological symptoms.

2 Jul 2025

What RFK Jr. isn’t talking about: How to make vaccines safer

Within an hour of receiving a covid vaccination in November 2020, Utah preschool teacher Brianne Dressen felt pins and needles through her arms and legs.

25 Jun 2025

Does lithium offer hope for long COVID brain fog and fatigue? New trial gives mixed results

A randomized clinical trial found that low-dose lithium aspartate did not improve cognitive dysfunction or fatigue in long COVID patients. Higher doses showed possible benefits in a small exploratory substudy, but larger trials are needed.

4 Jun 2025

New clinical practice guideline advances surgical care for chronic rhinosinusitis

The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the new Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG): Surgical Management of Chronic Rhinosinusitis today in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery.

27 May 2025

Lower fitness before infection raises risk of long COVID, study finds

Adults who later developed long COVID had lower cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) before infection than those who did not. COVID-19 was not linked to accelerated or clinically significant declines in CRF, even among long COVID cases.

15 May 2025

Study links long COVID brain fog to inflammation and stress markers

A new study that is the first to compare inflammation and brain stress responses in long COVID-19 patients with individuals who have fully recovered shows that those with continued brain fog and other cognitive issues have a lower ability to adapt to stress and higher levels of inflammation in their brains.

15 May 2025

Ubrogepant relieves early migraine symptoms and may help prevent full-blown attacks

A phase 3 trial found that ubrogepant, given during the premonitory phase of migraine, improved common warning symptoms such as fatigue, light and sound sensitivity, and neck pain. These benefits were observed as early as one hour post-treatment, suggesting early intervention can reduce migraine burden.

15 May 2025

Reinfections lower long COVID risk but raise cumulative burden

A population-based study in Quebec found that healthcare workers faced a threefold higher risk of long COVID after a first infection compared to reinfections. However, the cumulative risk rose with each additional infection, especially among those with severe illness or early variants.

14 May 2025

CAR-T cell therapy linked to brain fog in cancer patients

After treatment with CAR-T cells - immune cells engineered to attack cancer - patients sometimes tell their doctors they feel like they have "brain fog," or forgetfulness and difficulty concentrating.

12 May 2025

New evidence shows long COVID’s toll on health across all U.S. states

A nationally representative U.S. study of over 100,000 adults found that post-COVID conditions (PCCs) significantly reduce quality of life. Key risk factors for poor health outcomes include obesity, inactivity, chronic disease, and socioeconomic disadvantage.

8 May 2025

Study: Kissing after a gluten-filled snack is safe for people with celiac disease

People with celiac disease have reported anxiety about ingesting gluten through a kiss, but a new study concludes that they can indulge without worry - even if their partner just had a gluten-filled snack, according to a study to be presented today at Digestive Disease Week 2025.

5 May 2025

Breakthrough brain training shows promise for Long COVID recovery

Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) have identified what is believed to be the first intervention found in a randomized controlled trial to show large and very large improvements in multiple symptoms associated with Long COVID, and to result in people debilitated by those symptoms returning to work.

5 May 2025

COVID-19 leaves longer-lasting symptoms than flu or pneumonia, study finds

A large U.S. cohort study found that post-acute symptoms after COVID-19 vary by initial disease severity, age, sex, and comorbidities. Compared to influenza and pneumonia, long COVID presented with distinct symptom patterns and longer-lasting effects.

1 May 2025

Exercise helps mitigate cancer treatment side effects

Exercise can counter the detrimental effects of cancer treatment, such as heart and nerve damage and brain fog, suggests an overarching review of the existing pooled data analyses of the most recent research, published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.

29 Apr 2025

Brain Fog News and Research

Implantable device helps stabilize blood pressure in spinal cord injury patients

Common diabetes drug metformin cuts long covid risk by 64 percent in UK study

Researchers develop machine learning models to identify biomarkers for chronic fatigue syndrome

New Swiss study probes lingering fatigue after Legionnaires' disease

Maybe it’s not just aging. Maybe it’s anemia.

Survey highlights widespread emotional impact of cancer on patients and their families

Uncovering the link between viruses and neurodegeneration through primate models

What RFK Jr. isn’t talking about: How to make vaccines safer

Does lithium offer hope for long COVID brain fog and fatigue? New trial gives mixed results

New clinical practice guideline advances surgical care for chronic rhinosinusitis

Lower fitness before infection raises risk of long COVID, study finds

Study links long COVID brain fog to inflammation and stress markers

Ubrogepant relieves early migraine symptoms and may help prevent full-blown attacks

Reinfections lower long COVID risk but raise cumulative burden

CAR-T cell therapy linked to brain fog in cancer patients

New evidence shows long COVID’s toll on health across all U.S. states

Study: Kissing after a gluten-filled snack is safe for people with celiac disease

Breakthrough brain training shows promise for Long COVID recovery

COVID-19 leaves longer-lasting symptoms than flu or pneumonia, study finds

Exercise helps mitigate cancer treatment side effects

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

How microplastics and bacteria interact to drive antibiotic resistance

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