Long COVID
People who never caught COVID-19 still showed signs of faster brain ageing during the pandemic, with scans revealing an average increase of 5.5 months in a recent study The researchers used brain imaging to assess structural brain changes in adults who lived through the pandemic compared to those who had scans before it began. They [...]
A clinical study examining immune system proteins in long COVID patients has identified potential biomarkers that researchers believe could help predict risk and guide treatment. The research analysed DNA and blood samples from 175 participants who had previously contracted COVID-19, measuring levels of immune proteins and genetic variants to understand their connection to persistent symptoms. [...]
A new study has revealed that long-Covid symptoms may persist for up to two years following infection with Covid-19. The study showed that 23 per cent of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 between 2021 and 2023 developed long-Covid, and in more than half of them the symptoms persisted for two years. After overcoming an initial infection, [...]
A new research study, backed by funding of US$1.5m, is set to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms that lead to neurological disorders caused by Long Covid. As the world grapples with the ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic, there is increasing concern about the long-term health impacts of SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid, particularly [...]
Damage to the brainstem – the brain’s ‘control centre’ – is behind long-lasting physical and psychiatric effects of severe Covid-19 infection, a study suggests. Using ultra-high-resolution scanners that can see the living brain in fine detail, researchers from the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford were able to observe the damaging effects Covid-19 can have on [...]
A new study has shown that pain is one of the most prevalent and severe symptoms reported by individuals with Long Covid. The study analysed data from over 1,000 people in England and Wales who logged their symptoms on an app between November 2020 and March 2022. Pain, including headache, joint pain and stomach pain, [...]
New evidence has suggested that some of the symptoms reported in Long COVID could be linked to a form of brain injury. A study published in Nature Communications details that markers of brain injury are present in the blood many months after Covid-19 infection, despite inflammation blood tests being normal. The findings represent a major [...]
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One of the largest planned studies into long-COVID has passed an important milestone as efforts to tackle what is a major unmet medical need are stepped up.
Study reveals reduced performance in cognitive tasks among those with long-term impact of COVID-19
