Delirium, Nerve Damage among COVID-19 Patients; Researchers Say
A number of patients who have tested positive for the coronavirus have suffered from neurological complications, including delirium, brain inflammation, stroke, and nerve damage.
Scientists starting to grasp health problems caused by COVID-19
cientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the COVID-19, some of which may have lingering effects on patients and health systems for years to come,
Impacts of COVID-19 on brain
A pattern is emerging among COVID-19 patients arriving at hospitals in New York: Beyond fever, cough, and shortness of breath, some are deeply disoriented to the point of not knowing where they are or what year it is.
Alzheimer’s Brain Damage Could Be Accelerated by Sleep Deprivation
Researchers have understood little about how sleep disruptions drive the disease, but now by studying mice and people they found that sleep deprivation increases levels of the key Alzheimer’s protein tau. In follow-up studies in the mice, the research team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has shown that sleeplessness accelerates the […]