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Researchers are piecing together clues to better understand the puzzling array of symptoms in those who never seem to fully recover from COVID-19.
The study found people bounce back from their mental sluggishness soon after emerging from isolation.
‘Long COVID’ – in which people have symptoms lasting more than a few weeks – is turning out to be very common. People hospitalized for COVID-19 are at highest risk, but they aren’t alone.
Time changes make many people feel tired, irritable, and unable to sleep.
Those with the condition could take several weeks, months, or even years to properly recover.
Margot Gage Witvliet went from being healthy and active to fearing she was dying almost overnight. An epidemiologist, she dug into the research to understand what’s happening to long-haulers like her.
An overactive immune system may be behind some of the virus’s long after-effects.
What might look like a mild case of COVID-19 could actually be a bacterial infection from a tick bite, with potentially debilitating symptoms if it goes untreated.
If you want to boost your energy and mood and feel more alert, get moving instead of getting coffee.
A new review assesses the potential long-term psychological impact of COVID-19.
Feeling tired after endless Zoom meetings? You’re not alone. Research suggests video calls increase our cognitive load compared with face-to-face meetings.
The adverse symptoms some people experience after adopting the ketogenic diet is known as the “keto flu”.
It takes a period of mental adjustment to get over such big changes but optimism and structure could help.
Pernicious anaemia is a lifelong condition that affects nearly 5 in 100,000 people in the UK.
Low pay pushes drivers to work extremely long hours, causing more crashes and more traffic deaths.
For a full picture of any given situation, we must be able to read it, understand it and anticipate what could happen next.
It’s not just elite sportspeople who get muscle cramps. If you’ve ever experienced one, you’ll know how painful they are. But why do we get them, and is there anything to be done?
Taking a power nap on a night shift can leave you feeling groggy. And eating a large meal can reduce your alertness. So, what’s a tired shift worker to do to make it through the night?
Children’s sleep problems can affect not only their own wellbeing, but that of their parents. Helping parents manage these problems can also reduce their own risk of depression.
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