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Importance: Early and accurate diagnosis and treatment of Long COVID, clinically known as post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC), may mitigate progression to chronic diseases such as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Our objective was to determine the utility of the...

Antidepressants can induce mutation and enhance persistence toward multiple antibiotics, 2023, Guo et al Significance Antibiotic resistance is a global threat to public health and associated with the overuse of antibiotics. Although non-antibiotic drugs occupy 95% of the drug market, their...

"The emergence of disease-causing bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics is often attributed to the overuse of antibiotics in people and livestock. But researchers have homed in on another potential driver of resistance: antidepressants. By studying bacteria grown in the laboratory, a team...

ABOUT MITOX The Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health invites you to MitOX 2023 on Friday 21st April 2023. It's our annual meeting packed with short talks and posters on cancer metabolism, neuroscience, diabetes, mitochondrial disorders and general mitochondrial biology. This one...

We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jan/26/covid-roulette-clean-air-ventilation-long-covid

Full title: The emotional well-being of Long COVID patients in relation to their symptoms, social support and stigmatization in social and health services: a qualitative study Abstract Background Long COVID patients have experienced a decline in their quality of life due to, in part but not...

Abstract Over the past 5 years both media and scientific interest has surged regarding the disorder myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), not least because of the clinically similar manifestation in long COVID or post-COVID. In this review we discuss the process of...

Do you mean how I did in the post you quoted? If so, I only know how to do when using a laptop or desktop computer. If using one of those, then each post should have a post number, i.e. #136, in the bottom right of the post, next to the Like, Multiquote and Reply option. Click on that and you...

A Bayesian account of ‘hysteria’, 2012, Edwards et al

From Twitter "Just had this patient who yet again was misdiagnosed with #FND. Patient did not have FND: she had #POTS, #EhlersDanlosSyndrome, large fiber peripheral #neuropathy and #MCAS. Misdiagnosis with FND is a problem in our field that needs to be addressed."

The New Republic Has Long Covid All Wrong "On January 9th, over 200 journalists, researchers, physicians, and people living with Long Covid, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME/CFS), and other infection-associated illnesses sent the following letter to the progressive publication, The New Republic...

Abstract Background Big data research requires public support. It has been argued that this can be achieved by public involvement and engagement to ensure that public views are at the centre of research projects. Researchers should aim to include diverse communities, including seldom-heard...

Abstract Background Post-COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) conditions (PCC) include multiple symptoms afflicting different organs and systems. To evaluate the frequency and type of them, we described our multidisciplinary approach with preliminary results of the first enrolled patients...

Abstract Background The World Health Organization declared a pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), on March 11, 2020. The standardized approach of disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) allows for quantifying the...

"CONCLUSION & FUTURE DIRECTIONS The consideration of whether individuals with post-COVID-19 condition exhibit a decreased capacity for drug biotransformation is topical given that hundreds of pharmacologic agents are currently being trialed, both formally (i.e., via clinical trials) [26] and...

Hepatic metabolism is one of three major routes of drug elimination. Drug metabolism generally involves a sequence of two reactions which allow for efficient excretion by the kidneys. Phase I reactions are catabolic and typically involve reduction, oxidation, or hydrolysis to convert lipophilic...

Abstract Emerging evidence indicates that the etiologic agent responsible for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), can cause neurological complications. COVID-19 may induce cognitive impairment through multiple mechanisms. The aim of the present study was to describe the possible...

Well, they could, but being an expert witness for the insurance companies, testifying on how behavioural treatments can cure almost anything, is highly likely to be better paid, as well as being an opportunity to reinforce the false illness beliefs that they spent their entire careers fabricating.

Massive health-record review links viral illnesses to brain disease https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00181-3

Motion capture tech from Avatar films used in disease research https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64326125