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Abstract Previous efforts to estimate the burden of fatigue-related symptoms due to long COVID have a very high threshold for inclusion of cases, relative to the proposed definition from the World Health Organization. In practice this means that milder cases, that may be occurring very...

Full title: Unified Protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders in people with post COVID-19 condition: study protocol for a multiple baseline n-of-1 trial Background: Post COVID-19 syndrome, defined as the persistence of COVID-19 symptoms beyond 3 months, is associated...

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Reference given for that last claim is from Rosmalen's Lifelines study.

Abstract Background Growing evidence suggests that in addition to pathophysiological, there are psychological risk factors involved in the development of Long COVID. Illness-related anxiety and dysfunctional symptom expectations seem to contribute to symptom persistence. Aims With regard to...

Trial By Error: Letter on Inflated FND Prevalence Rates Accepted for Publication https://virology.ws/2023/11/02/trial-by-error-letter-on-inflated-fnd-prevalence-rates-accepted-for-publication/

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NIH Director's Blog. How Double-Stranded RNA Protects the Brain Against Infection While Making Damaging Neuroinflammation More Likely "When you get a run-of-the-mill viral infection, after a few days of symptoms your immune system typically fends off the bug, and you’ll make a full recovery...

Editor’s summary The central nervous system relies on pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) to trigger innate immune responses against neurotropic viruses, but excessive PRR activation can also contribute to neurodegenerative diseases. Dorrity et al. found that human neurons express particularly...

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Thanks for checking. No, there is no upper limit; if I remember correctly we have at least one participant in their 90s.

Row over ultra-processed foods panel highlights conflicts of interest issue at heart of UK science reporting https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2514.full?ijkey=kUPwDIWXKvwww&keytype=ref&siteid=bmjjournals

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My only beliefs about ongoing ME/CFS and LC are that they are not caused by psychological factors, and that hypotheses such as viral persistence need adequately investigating to either prove or disprove them.

"I am once again seeking funds to continue my work on ME, ME/CFS, other complex chronic illnesses, and now long Covid. These tax-deductible donations to Berkeley will support my academic position as senior fellow in public health and journalism at the Center for Global Health for the first half...

Inaccurate Reference Leads to Tripling of Reported FND Prevalence, 2023, Tuller et al "To the editor: An article in NeuroImage: Clinical, “Neuroimaging in functional neurological disorder: state of the field and research agenda” (Perez et al, 2021), cited a prominent paper (Stone et al, 2010)...

Indeed, and I and the rest of the DecodeME team appreciate all of the support that you have given our recruitment efforts.

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