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Neurological symptoms may persist for over one year in long-COVID patients

Patients who have recovered from COVID-19 are likely to experience persistent neurologic symptoms for a median of 14.8 months following their initial infection.

30 May 2022

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A(nother) very sad week

This week's mass shooting of elementary schoolers in Texas (just 10 days after a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store) has reignited the gun debate in Washington, D.C., and around the country.

26 May 2022

California schools try to outrace covid outbreaks

A fourth-grade camping trip led to one outbreak, a high school prom to another. But even with covid cases rising as schools head into the final stretch of the academic year, most California districts have not moved toward reinstating mask mandates.

26 May 2022

Study compares different types of moisturizers for children with eczema

The Best Emollients for Eczema trial has found that no one type of moisturizer is better than another. This study, the first in the world to directly compare different types of moisturizers, highlights the importance of patient education and choice when deciding which moisturizers to use for children with eczema.

26 May 2022

Limiting recreational screen media use improves physical activity in children

Many young people spend much of their time using digital screens which may reduce their engagement in physical activity.

23 May 2022

Investigation of long-COVID in children with immunodeficiency

A new study focused on evaluating the prevalence of characteristic symptoms of Long COVID in immunodeficient and immunocompetent children.

23 May 2022

Largest study to date on the effect of vaccination on long-COVID

In a recent study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers evaluated the association between coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination and long COVID symptoms among adults residing in United Kingdom (UK) communities with positive COVID-19 history before vaccination.

23 May 2022

Voice analysis app predicts most cases of worsening heart failure in advance

A voice analysis app used by heart failure patients at home recognizes fluid in the lungs three weeks before an unplanned hospitalization or escalation in outpatient drug treatment. The late breaking research is presented at Heart Failure 2022, a scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology.

22 May 2022

Warmer-than-average temperatures erode human sleep, study shows

Most research looking at the impact of climate change on human life has focused on how extreme weather events affect economic and societal health outcomes on a broad scale.

20 May 2022

Long-term insomnia symptoms associated with poor cognitive functioning in old age

The Helsinki Health Study at the University of Helsinki investigated the development of insomnia symptoms in midlife and their effects on memory, learning ability and concentration after retirement. The follow-up period was 15–17 years.

20 May 2022

The enigma of post-acute infection syndromes

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Medicine, researchers summarized known literature findings of the unexplained post-acute infection syndromes (PAISs).

20 May 2022

‘That’s just part of aging’: Long covid symptoms are often overlooked in seniors

Nearly 18 months after getting covid-19 and spending weeks in the hospital, Terry Bell struggles with hanging up his shirts and pants after doing the laundry.

18 May 2022

Cannabidiol for Parkinson's disease symptom management

Scientists have published a review study in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners that has focussed on various aspects of the use of cannabidiol in Parkinson's.

17 May 2022

Scientists use machine learning models to help discern characteristics of people with long-COVID

Clinical scientists used machine learning (ML) models to explore de-identified electronic health record (EHR) data in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C), a National Institutes of Health-funded national clinical database, to help discern characteristics of people with long-COVID and factors that may help identify such patients using data from medical records.

17 May 2022

Study: Different types of brain damage may lead to similar concussion symptoms in children

Different types of brain damage caused by a concussion may lead to similar symptoms in children, according to research led by McGill University. A new way of studying concussions could help develop future treatments.

17 May 2022

Targeting specific neurons modulates memory retrieval and alters anxiety-like behaviors in mice

We humans lose mental acuity, an unfortunate side effect of aging. And for individuals with neurodegenerative conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, the loss of cognitive function often accompanied by mood disorders such as anxiety is a harrowing experience.

16 May 2022

Optimizing sleep continuity may help improve daytime symptoms in people with dementia

Not only does how well people with dementia sleep affect their symptoms the following day, but of particular significance is their sleep continuity, or the extent which they can stay asleep after initially falling asleep, according to a new study by Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS), the University of Surrey and University of Sussex.

16 May 2022

Researchers identify how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep

Researchers at the Department of Neurology of the University of Bern and University Hospital Bern identified how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep to consolidate the storage of positive emotions while dampening the consolidation of negative ones.

13 May 2022

The association between modifiable healthy lifestyle components and lifetime gain in the general Japanese population

In a recent paper posted to the Age and Ageing, investigators illustrated the effect of adopting a changeable healthy lifestyle on lifetime gains from middle to old age.

13 May 2022

New poll shows how menopause and other health issues get in the way of older women’s sex lives

Despite stereotypes to the contrary, many older women have active sex lives into their 70s, a new poll shows. But health concerns, including menopause symptoms, often get in the way of intimacy, according to the new results from the University of Michigan National Poll on Healthy Aging.

13 May 2022

Sleep News and Research

Latest Sleep News and Research

Neurological symptoms may persist for over one year in long-COVID patients

KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: A(nother) very sad week

California schools try to outrace covid outbreaks

Study compares different types of moisturizers for children with eczema

Limiting recreational screen media use improves physical activity in children

Investigation of long-COVID in children with immunodeficiency

Largest study to date on the effect of vaccination on long-COVID

Voice analysis app predicts most cases of worsening heart failure in advance

Warmer-than-average temperatures erode human sleep, study shows

Long-term insomnia symptoms associated with poor cognitive functioning in old age

The enigma of post-acute infection syndromes

‘That’s just part of aging’: Long covid symptoms are often overlooked in seniors

Cannabidiol for Parkinson's disease symptom management

Scientists use machine learning models to help discern characteristics of people with long-COVID

Study: Different types of brain damage may lead to similar concussion symptoms in children

Targeting specific neurons modulates memory retrieval and alters anxiety-like behaviors in mice

Optimizing sleep continuity may help improve daytime symptoms in people with dementia

Researchers identify how the brain triages emotions during dream sleep

The association between modifiable healthy lifestyle components and lifetime gain in the general Japanese population

New poll shows how menopause and other health issues get in the way of older women’s sex lives

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