Long term outcomes of hyperbaric oxygen therapy in post covid condition: longitudinal follow-up of a randomized controlled trial

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In this long-term longitudinal follow-up of the active treatment group in our original randomized controlled trial, we found HBOT effects on quality of life, emotional well-being, sleep quality and neuropsychological symptoms in long COVID patients were maintained even more than 1 year (486 ± 73) after the last HBOT session. In all […]

Long COVID: Another Great Pretender

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George D. Lundberg, MD Has COVID replaced syphilis as the great imitator? At the turn of the 20th century, Sir William Osler was quoted as saying, “He who knows syphilis knows medicine.” If you have any doubts about the “imitator” analogy, simply use any broad search engine or AI portal […]

The Minefields Ahead in Long COVID Treatment Development

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Jeremy Faust is editor-in-chief of , an emergency medicine physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, and a public health researcher. He is author of the Substack column Inside Medicine. Follow Emily Hutto is an Associate Video Producer & Editor for MedPage Today. She is based in Manhattan. In […]

Experimental drug that alters gut microbiome shows promise for long COVID relief

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Proportion of PACS symptoms alleviation by six months. Credit: The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2023). DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(23)00685-0 A randomized controlled trial in Hong Kong finds that the synbiotic drug SIM01 relieves multiple symptoms of long COVID, or post-acute COVID-19 syndrome (PACS). SIM01 contains strains of anaerobic Bifidobacterium bacteria (which are probiotics) […]

Companies Market Stem Cell Treatments to Long COVID Patients

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Clinics that sell stem cell and exosome treatments have turned their attention to long COVID patients, researchers found. Among 38 businesses selling such treatments for COVID-19, the majority (36) marketed those therapies for long COVID, stated Leigh Turner, PhD, of the University of California Irvine, and colleagues in Stem Cell […]

Science & Medicine: Counter Long COVID with pacing

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In the first episode of “Science and Medicine,” we heard from one of the nation’s leading experts on Long COVID. Dr. Monica Verduzco-Gutierrez is the chair of rehabilitation medicine at UT Health San Antonio and she runs two long COVID clinics. She said that for some, Long COVID feels a […]

Penn Study Finds Serotonin Reduction Causes Long COVID Symptoms

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PHILADELPHIA—Patients with long COVID – the long-term symptoms like brain fog, fatigue, or memory loss in the months or years following COVID-19 – can exhibit a reduction in circulating levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin, according to new research published today in Cell. The study, led by researchers from the Perelman […]

Long COVID clinic receives $5M grant for underserved

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The Post-COVID Rehabilitation and Recovery Clinic at Harborview Medical Center has received a $5 million grant to help members of underserved communities who are battling long COVID. The Harborview clinic comprises 10 physicians from across the departments of rehabilitation medicine, general internal medicine, family medicine and neurology. Dr. Janna Friedly, […]

Early Treatment With Plasma May Reduce Long COVID Risk

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Johns Hopkins Medicine’s Dr. Aaron Tobian seen thawing a bag of convalescent plasma, an antibody-rich blood product collected from patients recovered from COVID-19. A new Johns Hopkins-led study — for which Dr. Tobian is one of the authors — suggests early treatment with convalescent plasma may lower the risk of […]

Mississippi politicians have long history of opposing efforts to provide health care for their citizens

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There’s a strong feeling of déjà vu in Mississippi politics. When Haley Barbour began his successful 2003 gubernatorial campaign, he criticized Democratic incumbent Ronnie Musgrove for expanding the state’s welfare rolls. Barbour was referring to the fact that during the Musgrove administration, enrollment in the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) […]

Wait goes on for effective long Covid treatments

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Receive free Coronavirus updates We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Coronavirus news every morning. While Covid-19 rapidly emptied cities and shut industries, long Covid has been more stealthy. Yet its impact in the past two years has been huge: a study last month showed […]

Multiple trials testing treatments for long COVID symptoms

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Symptoms of long COVID include shortness of breath, brain fog, sleep disturbances and fatigue. Two new clinical trials at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital are testing treatments for long COVID symptoms. Photo: Getty Images. Sweeping new research in Colorado aims to help patients who are suffering from varied, persistent and […]

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