A GP guide to long COVID ‘brain fog’
This article focuses of the cognitive components of long COVID, also known as ‘brain fog’. It complements a previous How to Treat on post-infective fatigue…
Tag: Long-term illness
A GP guide to colchicine in coronary artery disease
Despite advances in medicine, cardiovascular disease remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality within Australia.1 Patients with known coronary artery disease (CAD) have a…
Breathing new life into COPD
One in 13 Australians over the age of 40 are estimated to be living with COPD.1 COPD is one of the ‘big five’ lung diseases.…
A GP guide to chronic kidney disease in diabetes
Diabetes is the most common cause of kidney failure (37% non-Indigenous Australians; 69% Indigenous Australians) and around 50% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2DM)…
A key to a ‘faulty’ lock: Why Aussie researchers are excited about naltrexone for CFS
What does long COVID have in common with chronic fatigue syndrome? First, there is the constellation of overlapping symptoms, including post-exertional malaise, brain fog, fatigue,…
Spike protein lingers in long COVID patients, study suggests
US researchers report finding active virus in blood plasma a year after infection in patients with ongoing symptoms: medRxiv paper.
Inability to stand on one leg doubles risk of death: study
Asking older patients to balance on one foot for 10 seconds gives GPs 'useful information' about looming mortality, say researchers.
Vaccination only modestly reduces long COVID risk: study
US research shows those who were vaccinated were just 15% less likely than unvaccinated patients to develop the chronic illness.
Oral steroids on discharge cut risk of long COVID death: study
Patients with the highest levels of CRP a year after hospitalisation for COVID-19 had a 61% higher chance of death, find US researchers.
Thousands of chronic disease patients die in Ukraine
WHO says few hospitals are functioning due to the Russian invasion leaving many without access to life-saving healthcare.
