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Long COVID: syudy suggests patients could benefit from treatment for concussion patients

Fri, 2023-03-03 09:48 — mike kraft
Long COVID patients could benefit from concussion treatment, DU study finds Concussions and long COVID have more in common than you might think, new research shows. Alayna Alvarez Axios
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Long COVID: patients with it may have lower levels of brain oxygen, cognitive problems--2 studies

Fri, 2023-03-03 09:41 — mike kraft
Patients with long COVID may have lower levels of brain oxygen, cognitive problems - UPI.com People who have long COVID -- lingering symptoms after a COVID-19 infection -- may also have lower brain oxygen levels, cognitive problems and psychiatric troubles, such as anxiety and depression. UPI

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Monovalent COVID booster protects well against Omicron, but it wanes over 6 months --study

Fri, 2023-03-03 09:36 — mike kraft
Monovalent COVID booster protects well against Omicron, but it wanes over 6 months The COVID-19 booster was 74% effective against Omicron infection compared with the primary vaccine series for 3 months, but protection waned to 36% after 6 months. CIDRAP
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Vaccine may limit long-COVID impact but controlled trials needed --new studies

Thu, 2023-03-02 10:25 — mike kraft
Vaccine may limit long-COVID impact, studies show, but controlled trials needed CIDRAP

Two new observational studies suggest that COVID-19 vaccination lowers long-COVID incidence and severity, although the authors of a related commentary say trials comparing vaccination with a placebo are needed. The research was published yesterday in BMJ Medicine.

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Long COVID: Eight out of 10 hospital COVID patients in Sweden still had symptoms at 2 years --study

Tue, 2023-02-28 09:41 — mike kraft
84% of hospital COVID patients in Sweden still had symptoms at 2 years CIDRAP

The vast majority—84.2%—of COVID-19 survivors in a Swedish cohort reported persistent symptoms affecting daily life 2 years after hospital release, according to a follow-up study published late last week in The Lancet Regional Health Europe.

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Sewage testing for disease prevailance may be distorted by large numbers of tourists.

Mon, 2023-02-27 09:29 — mike kraft
What stays in Vegas: Tourist sewage may inflate community COVID prevalence CIDRAP

While SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance is a valuable way to measure disease prevalence and predict surges, a new study conducted in Las Vegas suggests that the tool may overestimate the true viral burden in areas with large influxes of tourists or commuters.

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COVID-19 linked to 40% increase in autoimmune disease risk--study

Thu, 2023-02-23 10:42 — mike kraft
COVID-19 linked to 40% increase in autoimmune disease risk in huge study COVID-19 may substantially increase the risk of developing autoimmune disease, a huge study of health records found. Yahoo
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COVID-19 Rebound Can Happen Even Without Paxlovid

Wed, 2023-02-22 18:14 — mike kraft
COVID-19 Rebound Can Happen Even Without Paxlovid New research provides more data for people weighing the risks and benefits of taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid for COVID-19. YahooNews

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Various studies and anecdotal data have found vastly different rates of rebound among both Paxlovid users and untreated people.arious studies and anecdotal data have found vastly different rates of rebound among both Paxlovid users and untreated people. ...

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Brain changes detected after COVID-19 infection, even in mild cases --study

Tue, 2023-02-21 12:08 — mike kraft
Study shows brain changes after COVID-19 infection, even in mild cases - UPI.com People who are experiencing anxiety and depression months after a mild case of COVID-19 may have changes affecting the structure and function of their brains, Brazilian researchers report. UPI

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"Our findings are concerning, as even people with a mild case of COVID-19 are showing changes in their brains months later. More studies are needed to hopefully identify treatments to prevent any long-term effects on people's quality of life," she added.

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Analysis: old coronavirus variants are unlikely to come back but new ones are not necessarily worse

Tue, 2023-02-21 10:19 — mike kraft
Could old coronavirus variants ever come back? The virus is evolving through a "continual game of cat and mouse between the virus and our immune systems," an epidemiologist explained. YahooNews

What happened to the variants that once wreaked havoc? “For all intents and purposes, we can consider them gone,” said David Dowdy, an epidemiology professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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