How are COVID-19 and Insomnia Related? increase Coronasomnia is caused by a number of triggers: financial stress, emotional stress, distance from others, unpredictability, and professional concerns. Studies show that prior to 2020, approximately 24 percent of the population suffered from sleep issue...
Dr. Michael Saag, a professor of infectious diseases at theUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, agrees. Saag is a COVID-19 survivor himself and now works with a long COVID clinic where he says there have been a few reports of patients who've said they've felt better after one vaccine d...
A new study reported that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, can infect dopamine neurons in the brain and trigger senescence—when a cell loses the ability to grow and divide. The researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Columbia University Vage...
Putting down the mobile phone, talking about negative feelings with friends or seeking professional counseling are some of the methods to help tackle depression and anxiety during the COVID-19 outbreak, experts said. As the virus continues to circulate and lockdowns trigger mental stress, experts ...
In total, 135 patients answered questions about their employment pre- and post-COVID-19, and the number of patients in full-time work (102) went down to 55. Going further, the study noted factors that the patients said made their PACS symptoms worse. The biggest trigger was physical exerti...
COVID-19 is a frightening, stress-inducing, and unchartered territory for all. It is suggested that stress, loneliness, and the emotional toll of the pande
Can Cytokine Blocking Prevent Depression in COVID-19 Survivors?Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology -doi:10.1007/s11481-020-09966-zFrancesco BenedettiMario Gennaro MazzaGiulio CavalliFabio CiceriPatrizia Rovere-QueriniJournal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology
During the COVID-19 pandemic, horror's ability to soothe anxiety and stress was put to the ultimate test. In a December 2020 survey from the US Census Bureau,more than 42% of respondents reported symptomsof anxiety or depression, as compared to 11% the previous year. At the same time, ...
Over the short-term, this cycle can be useful and trigger us to swiftly react to a threat. Toxic stress, however, results in the continuous activation of this cycle without the opportunity to recover or return to normal. What are the long-term effects of toxic stress on children and adults...
Virginia Tech neuroscientist Georgia Hodes says that reports of depression and anxiety are up at least 3-fold since the start of the COVID epidemic. "While loneliness and isolation are likely contributors, the COVID infection itself triggers a depressive episode in approximately 20 percent of peopl...