Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Brain fog: New study examines causes of this long-COVID symptom

Neuropsychiatric symptoms of long COVID, including brain fog, inability to concentrate, and headache, have puzzled researchers and clinicians, who are hunting for those symptoms' causes. A new study found that neuroinflammation ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Examining COVID-19's long-term effects on the innate immune system

The more severe the COVID-19 infection, the slower the recovery of immune cells, such as the dendritic cells, which are necessary for the activation of the immune system. This is shown by researchers at Linköping University ...

Medications

Tackling skin inflammation with vitamin D

High-dose oral vitamin D reduced skin inflammation and increased immunoprotection in patients with chemical-induced skin rashes, according to findings from a recent Northwestern Medicine clinical trial published in JCI Insight.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Developing a test for long COVID 'brain fog'

Two blood biomarkers could be predictive of cognitive deficits six and 12 months after a diagnosis of COVID-19, reports a new study published in Nature Medicine. These findings, based on data from more than 1,800 patients ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Matcha mouthwash shown to inhibit bacteria that cause periodontitis

Periodontitis is an inflammatory gum disease driven by bacterial infection and left untreated it can lead to complications including tooth loss. The disease has also been associated with diabetes mellitus, preterm birth, ...

Genetics

Researchers develop new method for prenatal genetic testing

A team of investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard have developed a non-invasive genetic test that can screen the blood of pregnant ...

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