Various long-term effects have been found to occur after infection by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), and the reality of these lingering symptoms remains unknown. These unknown factors continue to contribute to a general ...
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Early in the pandemic, when people with COVID-19 began reporting that they lost their sense of smell, Zara Patel, MD, figured as much. A professor of otolaryngology at Stanford Medicine, Patel has, for years, studied loss ...
Jan 12, 2023
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Most symptoms or conditions that develop after mild COVID-19 infection linger for several months but return to normal within a year, finds a large study from Israel published by The BMJ today.
Jan 11, 2023
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In a study using data from nearly 1,200 older adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to a growing body of evidence that loss of the sense of smell is a predictive marker for an increased risk of frailty as ...
Jan 10, 2023
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The reason some people fail to recover their sense of smell after COVID-19 is linked to an ongoing immune assault on olfactory nerve cells and an associated decline in the number of those cells, a team of scientists led by ...
Dec 21, 2022
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The virus that causes COVID-19 is bringing more variants our way, requiring a few changes to the fight against it.
Nov 21, 2022
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BBC broadcaster Jeremy Paxman was brought to hospital after he collapsed in a park while walking his dog. A doctor in the emergency department said to Paxman: "I think you have Parkinson's."
Oct 12, 2022
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Two and a half years ago, my nose stopped working.
Oct 10, 2022
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A new hormone treatment improved the cognitive function of six men with Down Syndrome by 10-30 percent, scientists said Thursday, adding the "promising" results may raise hopes of improving patients' quality of life.
Sep 4, 2022
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Though we often undervalue our ability to smell compared to our abilities to see and hear, our olfactory sense provides our brain with critical information, from detecting potential dangers like smoke to recognizing the sweet ...
Jul 28, 2022
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