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BACKGROUND: Physical activity (PA) is known to decrease COVID-19 risk factors and can attenuate symptoms of viral infections. However, difficulty exercising and fatigue are common complaints after COVID-19. It is unknown whether prior habitual PA will improve outcomes and what the time course is...

Full title: Effects of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Clinical Symptom Burden in Long COVID: Results from the COVID-Rehab Randomized Controlled Trial Abstract Objective To investigate the effectiveness of an eight-week cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program on...

See also, https://www.s4me.info/threads/united-kingdom-news-including-uk-wide-england-ni-and-wales-see-separate-thread-for-news-from-scotland.29404/page-5#post-536117

For my own 'amusement', I discovered that the phrase "gold standard" was used 3 times in this paper in reference to the method of testing.

Abstract Gulf War Illness (GWI) is a chronic condition characterized by multisystem symptoms that still affect up to one-third of veterans who engaged in combat in the Gulf War three decades ago. The aetiology of GWI is mainly explained by exposure to multiple toxic agents, vaccines, and...

Gut microbiome discovery provides roadmap for life-saving cancer therapies "Despite their small size, gut bacteria wield large influence over the effectiveness of certain cancer drugs. Researchers have now found that the ratio of specific microbial communities in the gut can help to predict who...

Highlights Two topological metagenomic bacterial communities are associated with patient survival A unidimensional dysbiosis score was calculated, allowing survival risk stratification Gut dysbiosis TOPOSCORE computed from lung cancers could be applied to other cancers The metagenomics-based...

For info on applying for access to DecodeME data see https://www.decodeme.org.uk/researcher-access/.

Published papers thread for w/c 17th June. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid021p1cvJz38eawUNozGnnXqHJRmQmYSP4SRwFmR5Q4PDW3iMkEoFmAEyAcnRYEnAfdl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112670706273048644

News in Brief posts for w/c 17th June. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sci4me/posts/pfbid0WSLHjTUkj8AFA1Bra2EfDAnFe6FnRrFX7BsghZsSAKohxhunQQs5QwwiBrKGCzhYl Mastodon: https://med-mastodon.com/@s4me/112665208386291236

Highlights Stigma in FND is widespread, and few studies exist looking at stigma outside of functional seizures. This is the first mixed methods review to comprehensively analyse stigma in FND, to include all FND phenotypes. Stigma in FND is higher than other neurological conditions, and...

Trial By Error: Athlete Oonagh Cousins on the Lightning Process, https://virology.ws/2024/06/21/trial-by-error-athlete-oonagh-cousins-on-the-lightning-process/

Author list: Susannah Pick , Anthony S. David, Mark J. Edwards, Laura H. Goldstein, John Hodsoll, L. S. Merritt Millman, Timothy R. Nicholson, A. A. T. S. Reinders, Biba Stanton, Joel S. Winston, Mitul A. Mehta, Trudie Chalder, Matthew Hotopf Abstract Introduction Advances have been made in...

Abstract Objectives To identify the needs of people with long COVID (LC) in the UK. Design Qualitative study using the Framework Analysis to analyse focus group discussions. Participants 25 adults with LC aged 19–76 years including 17 men and 8 women. Average disease duration was 80.1...

Now published, https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-024-03477-x

In regards to DecodeME, that sort of thing would be for either the University of Edinburgh (UoE) or Action for ME, as the main charity partner, to answer; if you would like to send me an email to andy@s4me.info then I can pass it directly on.

ABSTRACT Introduction Many people experience persistent symptoms for more than 12 weeks following SARS-CoV-2 infection, which is known as post-COVID-19 condition (PCS) or Long COVID (LC). PCS can impair people's quality of life and daily functioning. However, there is a lack of in-depth...

Just to answer this specific part. Yes, attempts are being made to progress whole genome sequencing of the DecodeME cohort as well as attempting to secure the long term availability of data from the cohort, however nothing has been secured so far. Half of each sample donated to DecodeME was set...

Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been multiple reports about an unforeseen surge in adolescents and young adults exhibiting sudden onset functional tic-like behaviors. This phenomenon has been mainly associated with the female gender and occasionally after exposure to social...

Seems to have been preceded by this hypothesis, An Exercise Immune Fitness test to unravel mechanisms of post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, 2023, Deng