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New tests may finally diagnose long COVID
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- Sara Novak
“I was gobsmacked by the results. We’re seeing a massive dysregulation in those four biomarkers. It’s a combination that we showed was predictive...
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A new long COVID explanation: Low serotonin levels?
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- Sara Novak
The study found lower serotonin levels in long COVID patients, compared with patients who were diagnosed with acute COVID-19 but who fully...
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Long COVID ‘brain fog’ confounds doctors, but new research offers hope
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- Sara Novak
Brain fog is among the most common symptoms of long COVID, and also one of the most poorly understood.
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The invisible effect medical notes could have on care
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- Sara Novak
Doctors are more likely to use negative language when describing a Black patient than they are a White patient.
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Expelled from high school, Alister Martin became a Harvard doc
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- Sara Novak
It’s not often that a high school brawl with gang members sets you down a path to becoming a Harvard-trained doctor.
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Could vitamin C help reduce gout?
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- Sara Novak
A post hoc analysis of data from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of more than 14,000 male doctors showed that 500 mg of...
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Science lags behind for kids with long COVID
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- Sara Novak
“Right now, it’s a rehabilitation-based approach focused on improving symptoms and functioning so that kids can go back to their usual activities...
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Women with high-risk pregnancies could die if Roe is overturned
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- Sara Novak
“Many of the women I take care of have a pregnancy that presents a real and present danger to their health, and this often goes along with the...