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Category: Clinical Considerations

One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood

The Atlantic – Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard. Long-haulers with brain fog say that it’s like none of the things that people—including many medical professionals compare it to. It is more profound than the clouded thinking that accompanies hangovers, […]

Sep 22, 2022

Risk for Developing Alzheimer’s Disease Increases by 50-80% In Older Adults Who Caught COVID-19

Neuroscience News – Older people who were infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk—as much as 50% to 80% higher than a control group—of developing Alzheimer’s disease within a year, according to a study of more than 6 million patients 65 and older.

Sep 22, 2022