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New research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has identified a link between long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome, adding to a growing understanding of the overlap between the two illnesses.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellb… Continue reading Study details new links between long COVID and chronic fatigue syndrome
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a first-of-its-kind virtual reality (VR) system designed to help reduce chronic lower back pain. The authorization follows a successful clinical trial demonstrating the VR system producing clin… Continue reading FDA authorizes prescription VR system for chronic back pain
A large study led by researchers from King’s College London has found fully vaccinated adults are around 50 percent less likely to suffer from long COVID if they are unfortunate enough to experience a breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection.
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Continue reading Massive study confirms vaccination reduces risk of long COVID
New Australian research is offering a thorough look at the lasting impact of COVID-19 on immune system activity. Tracking a wide variety of biomarkers the research found immune abnormalities persisting at least six months after patients recover from ac… Continue reading Long-lasting immune abnormalities detected in recovered COVID-19 patients
New research led by a team of Australian scientists has found chronic pain is associated with lower levels of key neurotransmitters in the brain. The researchers believe this chemical disruption plays a role in the difficulties people with chronic pain… Continue reading Chronic pain found to alter brain chemistry and emotion regulation
A big flush of funding from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in the United Kingdom is pushing new research on ways to diagnose and treat long COVID. A University of Cambridge team receiving NIHR funding is now working on a blood test t… Continue reading Researchers hunt for a long COVID diagnostic blood test
Tarantula venom is not something people would normally associate with relief from pain, but strangely enough, the ingredients within it could hold the key to new medicines that offer just that, and without some of the common side effects. A new underst… Continue reading Study of tarantula toxin opens door to next-gen drugs for chronic pain
For some time now, bacteria-killing ozone gas has been used to help heal chronic wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers. Such treatment could soon be a lot more practical and effective, thanks to an experimental new wearable system.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Wearable tech uses ozone gas to kill bacteria in chronic wounds
Two medical imaging breakthroughs have been presented at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting. The technological advances demonstrate a PET/MRI approach to locate specific locations of chronic pain in a pati… Continue reading Imaging breakthrough pinpoints exact location of chronic pain
A new study published in the journal EMBO Molecular Medicine describes the successful results of animal studies testing a novel experimental peptide designed to inhibit the receptors responsible for chronic neuropathic pain. The University of Copenhage… Continue reading Experimental chronic pain treatment looks to first human trials