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Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
Feature
Researchers seek to understand post-COVID autoimmune disease risk
Three large studies link past SARS-CoV-2 infection to new-onset autoimmune disease, but it is not yet clear what drives this relationship.
Conference Coverage
Explanation proposed for long-COVID symptoms in the CNS
In the case of persistent neurologic symptoms after COVID, antibodies produced for previously encountered coronaviruses rather than for SARS-CoV2...
Conference Coverage
Sleep disturbances linked to post-COVID dyspnea
Sleep disturbance after COVID hospitalization was associated with dyspnea and lower lung function.
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SARS-CoV-2 crosses placenta and infects brains of two infants: ‘This is a first’
One baby died and the other is in hospice care at last report, according to a report by researchers at the University of Miami.
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COVID in pregnancy may affect boys’ neurodevelopment: Study
Prior epidemiological research has suggested that maternal infection during pregnancy is associated with heightened risk for a range of...
Conference Coverage
FREEDOM COVID: Full-dose anticoagulation cut mortality but missed primary endpoint
In an in-hospital anticoagulation trial, the primary COVID endpoint was missed but a survival benefit is observed.
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Even mild COVID is hard on the brain
New study results suggest a severe pattern of changes in how the brain communicates as well as its structure in people with anxiety and depression...
Commentary
What’s new in brain health?
A new study shows that nonmedical treatment is effective in people with frequent episodic and chronic tension-type headache.
News from the FDA/CDC
New report says suicide rates rising among young Black people
Significant increases in suicide occurred among Native American, Black and Hispanic people.
Commentary
Must-read acute care medicine articles from 2022
“When 2022 began, we started seeing some light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.”