I think it'd be good to have a general thread for topics related to research that don't need a whole thread and for where there is no existing relevant thread to post to. So I'm making this thread as a catch-all for research related topics (from any conditions) that don't fit elsewhere.
Paywalled and no abstract, but maybe there's something interesting in this: The association between glucocorticoids and long COVID (2025, Inflammopharmacology)
A letter to the editor, commenting on a recent study which linked glucocorticoid therapy in COVID-19 patients to an increased risk of long COVID. The authors suggest caution in interpreting its results, mentioning potential confounding factors (disease severity, inflammation levels) & study limitations (lack of information about dosage, timing, treatment duration). They recommend that future research includes subgroup analyses involving factors such as inflammation severity & cortisol levels.
The original paper seems worth a thread, so I made one: Glucocorticoid treatment during COVID-19 infection: does it affect the incidence of long COVID?, 2024, Specktor et al
