Respiratory Infections Like Flu Appear to Triple Alzheimer’s Risk
After coming down with the flu during the 1918 influenza pandemic, more than one million people developed a virus-induced form of Parkinson’s disease, with…
After coming down with the flu during the 1918 influenza pandemic, more than one million people developed a virus-induced form of Parkinson’s disease, with…
Researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institutet are exploring how lost connections between nerve cells in the brain may explain long COVID’s cognitive symptoms. They share…
COVID-19: Alzheimer’s risk factor? Yes. Alzheimer’s cause? Maybe. As research continues, the link between COVID, inflammation, and neurodegeneration becomes clearer. Memory loss, confusion, cognitive…
What is brain fog, anyway? Neurology researcher Sarah Hellewell at Australia’s Curtin University takes a close look at the cognitive symptoms associated with long…
Two years after a COVID-19 infection, adults aged over 65 may be more at risk of developing dementia and other cognitive disorders. According to…
At AAIC, scientists from around the world shared new findings on COVID-19 risk factors for cognitive impairment, as well as factors could help protect…
The most comprehensive ‘long COVID’ study to date finds that cognitive decline associated with some cases of COVID-19 appears to be equivalent to losing…
Cleveland Clinic Neurologist Dr. Robert Wilson discusses his research on COVID-19, and the extent to which long COVID can affect people’s daily lives. While…
Looking for vitamins and brain health supplements to help with cognitive symptoms of long-haul COVID? Here’s what to consider — and what to avoid….
COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s share the same brain damage biomarkers. Blood samples reveal they accumulate at higher levels over a shorter period of time in…
Looking for brain fog remedies? Neurological experts offer six ways to speed up recovery from COVID-19’s neurological symptoms. Memory problems. Trouble focusing. Confusion. Mounting…
Since the early days of the novel coronavirus pandemic, researchers found that people living with Alzheimer’s were at a higher risk of severe COVID-19…
Nikki Schultek, founder of the global medical research consortium Intracell Research Group, takes a close look at how the COVID-19 pandemic may prompt a…
New research suggests that certain Alzheimer’s blood biomarkers are associated with neurological symptoms of COVID-19 and older adults infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that…
Image: Lynn Casteel Harper, by Travis Tanay Lynn Casteel Harper, author of On Vanishing: Mortality, Dementia, and What It Means to Disappear (Catapult, 2020) and minister of…