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The latest COVID-19 news from News Medical |
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 | | |  Study links COVID-19 to higher sleep apnea risk years after infection Researchers analyzed more than 910,000 adults and found that SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a higher adjusted risk of new-onset obstructive sleep apnea up to 4.5 years later. The association appeared in both hospitalized and non-hospitalized COVID-19 patients, supporting targeted screening in higher-risk post-COVID groups while highlighting the need for objective sleep testing. | | | | |  Study links diabetes to worse long COVID health outcomes People with diabetes who have had COVID-19 tend to recover more slowly, experience more long COVID complications, have a poorer quality of life, and require closer and more prolonged monitoring by medical teams. | |
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| | |  A genetic difference carried by nearly one in three people may increase the risk of severe COVID-19 and lung fibrosis by disrupting the function of a previously unknown protein, according to a new study. | | | | | As we age, the immune system gradually declines and becomes less effective at responding to infections and vaccines. | |
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