Post-viral syndrome is a spectrum of symptoms that stay on after infection with a virus. It can affect various body systems such as the nervous, musculoskeletal, and even the respiratory system. Sometimes, people suffer psychological symptoms. Post-viral syndrome can last for a few weeks to months or years and its severity varies among different people.
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Preventative Pill for Chronic Migraine – Image by Anna Shvets from Pexels The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has expanded approval of QULIPTA® (atogepant) for use in preventative treatment of chronic migraine.1  In a press release from manufacturer AbbVie, Chief Medical Officer, Roopal Thakkar, explains, “Since September 2021, QULIPTA has helped people living with
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Unravelling Nausea and its Causes We’ve all been there—that occasional unsettling sensation where your stomach takes a dive. It’s that feeling of being “sick to your stomach.” This sensation is what we call nausea. But what exactly is it, and why does it make an appearance? What is nausea? Nausea in simple terms is defined
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First Steps to a Clinical Definition of Long COVID – Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Post Acute sequela of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), or Long COVID, as it’s often called, is a growing public health concern. NIH (USA National Institute of Health) clinicians and scientists have released a study that
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You got your blood test results back and your doctor says your Calcium levels look high, that’s good right? On the contrary, this is a signal that it’s time to see an endocrinologist.1 High blood calcium levels can be an indicator that your parathyroid glands are malfunctioning. Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) is a common condition that
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New research published in The Archives of Physiotherapy suggests that doctors might be underestimating the amount of pain osteoarthritis patients experience.1 Osteoarthritis is a painful and debilitating condition. We usually associate it with pain caused by wear and tear on tissue – mechanical damage. This, however, isn’t the only type of pain experienced by osteoarthritis
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Bacteria, they’re just like us, eh? Well not really, but one of the features we do share, is that viruses love to hijack our cellular machinery. Bacterial viruses are big trouble for their bacterial hosts, but  scientists are taking advantage of their ability to target specific cell types to develop new tools for cancer diagnosis
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