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09 June, 2024
Long COVID's Toll Outlined In New Report
Long COVID continues to plague millions of Americans as the health costs of the pandemic linger four years later, a new report warns. In a hefty document released Wednesday, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, a nongovernmental group that advises federal agencies on science and medicine, detailed the damage that Long COVID has wrought.
09 June, 2024
Why Is NIH Perpetuating Long COVID Denial?
Documents obtained by The Sick Times reveal the bastion of the medical establishment squandered a billion dollars on a long COVID study that seems suspiciously designed to fail.
09 June, 2024
How Long Concussion Could Offer New Insights Into Long Covid
There are striking parallels between the two syndromes – and scientists hope the link could help to unravel the mysteries of both.
08 June, 2024
Report: More Than 200 Symptoms Tied To Long COVID
A new report from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents a number of conclusions about long-COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function, including that the condition can cause more than 200 symptoms, and that a positive COVID-19 test is not necessary to make a long-COVID diagnosis.
08 June, 2024
Positive Test Not Needed For Long COVID Diagnosis, Experts Conclude
People do not need to have tested positive for the coronavirus to be considered for a diagnosis of long COVID, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine concludes. The report, produced by a committee of experts at the request of the U.S. Social Security Administration, aims to summarize what is known about long COVID, a complex condition that was estimated to affect more than 9 million people in the United States in 2022.
08 June, 2024
The Unseen Impacts Of COVID-19
One morning in July 2020, psychotherapist Christa Hines overslept her first appointment of the day. When Hines woke up, the right half of her face felt droopy, her mind clouded and her right arm was heavy as lead — all symptoms of a stroke. But Hines didn’t have a stroke. Soon after the scare, she consulted a neurologist who diagnosed her with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a form of dysautonomia common among people who have Long COVID.
07 June, 2024
New Report Underscores The Seriousness Of Long COVID
One of the nation’s premier medical advisory organizations has weighed in on long COVID with a 265-page report that recognizes the seriousness and persistence of the condition for millions of Americans.
07 June, 2024
New Report Reviews Evidence On Long COVID Diagnosis, Risk, Symptoms, And Functional Impact For Patients
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine presents conclusions about Long COVID diagnosis, symptoms, and impact on daily function — including that Long COVID can cause more than 200 symptoms, and that a positive COVID-19 test is not necessary to make a Long COVID diagnosis.
07 June, 2024
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Significantly Improves Cognitive, Psychiatric Function In Fibromyalgia
A significantly greater improvement in total FIQ scores was observed among patients with fibromyalgia receiving rTMS compared with placebo.
06 June, 2024
Getting Past ‘It’s IBS’
While science illuminates the gut-brain relationship, doctors remain ignorant and dismissive of patients with gut problems.
