by Cort Johnson | Dec 20, 2023 | Basal Ganglia, Brain, Cardiovascular, Clotting, Cognition, COVID-19, Endothelial Cells, Energy Production, Homepage, Limbic System, long COVID, Neuroinflammation
The brain and the blood vessels. So intimately intertwined but so rarely studied together. In retrospect, that’s kind of strange as blood vessels may have more to do with brain functioning than anything else. By weight, the brain is almost a non-entity –...
by Cort Johnson | Dec 11, 2023 | COVID-19, Enterovirus, Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, long COVID, Lyme Disease (Borrelia), Pathogens, Research
A new phrase – “long cold” – recently entered the medical lexicon. A “long cold” is what you have if you fail to recover from an ordinary respiratory virus. That idea, of course, is not news to people with chronic fatigue syndrome ...
by Cort Johnson | Nov 29, 2023 | Autoimmune, B-cells, COVID-19, Epstein-Barr Virus, Homepage, Immune, long COVID, Monoclonal antibodies, Pathogens, Recovery stories, Research, T-cells
Three case reports indicate that monoclonal antibody therapy rapidly restored severely ill patients with long term cases of long COVID to health. Implications for chronic fatigue syndrome are explored.
by Cort Johnson | Oct 30, 2023 | Homepage, long COVID, Lyme Disease (Borrelia), ME/CFS
Yale researcher Akiko Iwasaki's $3 million in private gifts for chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), long COVID, and post-treatment Lyme disease bodes well for post-infectious diseases.
by Cort Johnson | Oct 24, 2023 | Basal Ganglia, COVID-19, Gut, Homepage, Interferons, long COVID, Metabolism, Research, Serotonin, Tryptophan, vagus nerve
A massive study suggested that infection triggered low serotonin levels in long COVID and other post-infectious disease may play a key role in these diseases.
by Cort Johnson | Oct 9, 2023 | Autoimmune, B-cells, Brain, Brainstem, Breathing, Cardiovascular, Cerebral Spinal Fluid, Clotting, Cognition, COVID-19, Endothelial Cells, Exercise, Homepage, Immune, Limbic System, Lipids, Liver and urea cycle, long COVID, Metabolism, Neuroinflammation, Neuroinflammation, Oxidative Stress, POTS, RECOVER Initiative, Sex hormones
We continue to take a deep dive into the “Long COVID and Post Acute Sequalae of SARS CoV 2 (PASC): Pathogenesis and Treatment” first-ever international conference on long COVID. Long-COVID research was always going to be a bit messy. Take a look at the...