Quite a few red flags have been raised about Patterson from IncellDX in this thread:
USA: InCEllDX Dr Patterson - New lab service offering cytokine tests to Covid longhaulers
ABSTRACT
Background: Post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) is a growing healthcare and economic concern affecting as many as 10%-30% of those infected with COVID-19. Though the symptoms have been well-documented, they significantly overlap with other common chronic inflammatory conditions...
Spotted this on Twitter via prof. Kunst who comments:
A new review suggests that #LongCovid may be "partially explained by a neuroinflammatory process involving the activation of astrocytes and microglia."
Haven't read the study myself, but see there are some mentions about ME as well.
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms Surrounding Post-COVID-19 Syndrome and Neurological Features - Mohamed et al
Abstract
Many of the survivors of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are suffering from persistent symptoms, causing significant...
Prof. Akiko Iwasaki just announced on Twitter that a new Center for Infection & Immunity is launched at Yale with her as Director.
On the website, under "Director's Welcome" it says that the Center will focus on long Covid "with the hopes of also understanding other post-acute infection...
A medical newspaper has an article about the ongoing clinical trial on fecal transplantation and ME; The Comeback Study.
No revealings regarding results, but researcher Linn Skjevling says it's been challenging for ME patients to travel to them for treatment, and that patients have put in a lot...
The second episode is out:
JOSPT Insights - Ep 78: Managing the condition that breaks all the rules - pacing and post-exertion symptoms exacerbation, with Dr Todd Davenport
New podcast on Long Covid from "Follow the Science" with journalist Faye Flem. It seems she's planning several episodes on Long Covid and more will come.
This time she interviews Bruce Levy, head of the Recovery Center. Nothing new, but good, general info on Long Covid with some mentions of...
Morning Consult: Most Long COVID Patients Are Seeking Help From Their Primary Care Doctor
quotes:
.. some clinicians say that instead of standing up more specialty clinics, those with newfound expertise on long COVID should be disseminating what they know more broadly, particularly in primary...
From the Netherlands:
NL Times Healthcare employees with long Covid can be dismissed
quote:
Many healthcare workers who have been battling long Covid since the early days of the pandemic are fearing for their futures as the end of the two-year protection against their dismissal looms on the...
Preprint: Does pre-infection stress increase the risk of long COVID? Longitudinal associations between adversity worries and experiences in the month prior to COVID-19 infection and the development of long COVID and specific long COVID symptoms, Paul & Fancourt, 2022
The study is covered in...
J Infect Dis.
Global Prevalence of Post COVID-19 Condition or Long COVID: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review Chen Chen et al
Abstract
Introduction: This study aims to examine the worldwide prevalence of post COVID-19 condition, through a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Methods: PubMed...
Great 7 minute video from Science on Long Covid. Includes interviews with Akiko Iwasaki and Putrino (he talks among other about autonomic rehabilitation).
Avindra Nath talks about a clinical trial on immune modulating drugs.
One arm will get placebo, one arm intravenous immunoglobulin, one arm...
This podcast is almost two weeks old, but a good interview with Long Covid researcher Ziyad Al-Aly. Both him and the journalist Faye Flam mention ME several times and that the pandemic is an opportunity to learn more about post viral illness in general.
at 11.50:
- We as a society for the past...
This podcast episode has received some criticism on Twitter for not mentioning ME even once. I believe this twitter thread is a response to that criticism:
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