In the News
Keep up to date with the latest news articles from around the world.
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25 January, 2023
The Incidence Of Long-Term Fatigue In Patients Who Achieved Remission From COVID-19 At King Abdulaziz Medical City
Long-term fatigue is a common condition that involves both physical and psychiatric symptoms, and it affects multiple age groups and causes morbidity and disabling symptoms that range from mild to severe symptoms. Many patients are discharged following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection without proper follow-up and evaluation of long-term effects, resulting in the improper treatment of the long-term symptoms, which increases the burden on the patients and healthcare systems. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2. It results in a variety of symptoms, including fever, cough, respiratory distress, the loss of the sense of smell and taste, and long-term effects such as post-severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), which is characterized by chronic fatigue, sleep disturbances, myalgia, weakness, and depression. The aim of this study is to assess the incidence of long-term fatigue in patients who achieved remission from COVID-19 at King Abdulaziz Medical City (KAMC), National Guards Health Affairs, Riyadh.
25 January, 2023
COVID Long-Haulers Face Stigma: Study
High levels of stigma experienced by some COVID long-haulers are associated with more intense symptoms, reduced physical function and loss of employment due to disability, according to newly published research in eClinicalMedicine.
25 January, 2023
Risk Of Debilitating Illness From Long Covid Could Grow, Says Epidemiologist Michael Baker
A prominent epidemiologist says the risk of chronic and debilitating illness from long Covid could grow as more people are re-infected.
24 January, 2023
‘We’re All Vulnerable’: One In 10 People Will End Up With Long COVID, New Study Says
Health experts are calling for a rethink of Australia’s COVID-19 approach after a new study showed one in 10 people will end up with “long COVID”.
24 January, 2023
Analysis: COVID Is Still Wreaking Havoc Across Australia But Political And Medical Debate Seems To Have Succumbed To Pandemic Weariness
One of the things researchers have discovered about COVID-19 is that it hangs around long after the acute illness has passed. And in its hanging around it can be even more debilitating. We're not just talking about what most people would probably refer to as long COVID here. That is, something akin to chronic fatigue syndrome.
24 January, 2023
The Healthcare System Is Sick, How Could It Ever Heal Us?
An article by chronic pain sufferer Mia Maysack.
22 January, 2023
Study: Medical Cannabis Use Associated With Sustained Improvements In Pain, Anxiety, And Mood
Canadian patients authorized to use medical cannabis products report sustained improvements in their health-related quality of life, according to longitudinal data published in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.
22 January, 2023
Heart Rate Variability Responses To Cognitive Stress In Fibromyalgia Are Characterised By Inadequate Autonomous System Stress Responses: A Clinical Trial
Research published in Scientific Reports.
21 January, 2023
Experts Disagree On Length Of Most Long-Term Symptoms From Mild COVID-19
The majority of long Covid symptoms resolve within the first year after infection for people with mild cases of Covid-19, according to a large study conducted in Israel.
21 January, 2023
Chronic Pain Conditions And Risk Of Suicidal Behavior: A 10-Year Longitudinal Co-Twin Control Study
Understanding the relationship between chronic pain conditions and suicidal behavior—suicide attempt, other intentional self-harm, and death by suicide—is imperative for suicide prevention efforts. Although chronic pain conditions are associated with suicidal behaviors, these associations might be attributed to unmeasured confounding or mediated via pain comorbidity.
