A new study has found that the post-viral effects of COVID-19 are no worse than other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu. The study's author – a top government health official in Australia's state of Queensland – declared that it is time to retire the "long COVID" term because it is harmful and misleading. Dr. John Gerrard is Queensland's Chief Health Officer, a leading infectious disease specialist, and previously was the Director of Infectious Diseases at the Gold Coast Hospital. Gerrard...
Just in time for Long COVID Awareness Day, a new study shows that the disease is not and was never real.
People with excessive flexibility 30% more likely to say they had not fully recovered from Covid, research findsPeople with excessively flexible joints may be at heightened risk of long Covid and persistent fatigue, research suggests.Hypermobility is where some or all of a person’s joints have an unusually large range of movement due to differences in the structure of their connective tissues that support, protect and give structure to organs, joints and other tissues. Continue reading
Does the virus damage the heart because it directly infects heart tissue or because of systemic inflammation? The answer might save lives.
Does the virus damage the heart because it directly infects heart tissue or because of systemic inflammation? The answer might save lives.
Researchers at the University of Michigan found flu patients had higher risks. This included for dementia and strokes, where they were up to 10% more at risk. READ MORE: Long Covid could lower your IQ, scientists say
Hamilton, Halton, Niagara and area news from CHCH - Hamilton, Halton, and Niagara news.. Friday was International Long COVID Awareness Day. The condition affects about 11 per cent of Canadians who get it. More than two hundred symptoms have been connected to long COVID, with shortness of breath and brain fog being the most common. The symptoms of COVID can last for months and for most, they will subside. […]
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LONDON (CelebrityAccess) — Multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, and songwriter Florrie has struck a new recording deal with BMG and Xenomania Records that includes her debut album, The Lost Ones, which is scheduled to release on June 14. Florrie, whose real name is Florence Ellen Arnold, first made a name for herself as the in-house drummer for
Some 3% of Dutch adults over the age of 25 say they continued to experience problems after a coronavirus infection, but the figure is far higher – 5% – for teenagers and young adults, according to new research by public health institute RIVM. Almost a quarter of older adults and one in five of the youngsters who reported having Long Covid symptoms said they felt extremely restricted in their daily lives. Exhaustion, memory loss and concentration problems and shortness of
Catching Covid makes people less intelligent, with severe infections reducing IQ the most, a study by scientists at Imperial College London suggests.
The sun's differential rotation pattern has puzzled scientists for decades: While the poles rotate with a period of approximately 34 days, mid-latitudes rotate faster and the equatorial region requires only approximately 24 days for a full rotation.