Major Study Validates a Long COVID Autoimmune Subset
A major study determines that autoimmunity is causing major symptoms in long COVID ultimately laying the groundwork for precision-guided treatments
Geoff’s Hyperadrenergic POTS Saga and a Blood Vessel Subset Shows Up
Health Rising’s Quickie Summer Donation Drive is On!It's no laughing matter. Hyperadrenergic POTS attacks can send patients rushing to the emergency room. First Geoff tells his hyperPOTS story, then we dig deep into what it is, the new diagnostic criteria, a drug that can help, and a new form of that was recently discovered.
Health Rising’s Quickie Summer 2026 Donation Drive is On!
Looking Back - Looking Ahead I like to use the donation drives to try to see where we are. Last year at this time, what stood out to me was that the long-awaited burst of large long-COVID clinical trials had finally begun. No fewer than 14 large clinical trials with...
Inflamed Blood Vessels Appear to be Causing Brain Fog in Long COVID
Yale researchers find that inflamed blood vessels are associated with cognitive declines in long COVID.
Solving the ME/CFS and Long COVID Jigsaw Puzzle: PrecisionLife’s Steven Gardner Talks
Geoff's Narration The GIST "It's (ME/CFS) a jigsaw puzzle, right? And we have a couple of the pieces that I think are going to be really important to framing out the rest of the picture." Steve Gardner, CEO and co-founder of PrecisionLife I spilled the beans early in...
The Matrix! Is it Under Attack in ME/CFS and Long COVID?
Geoff's Narration The GIST A recent study identified a subset of long COVID patients with markers of endothelial damage and vascular dysfunction. The blood vessel issue may, however, be tied to a larger issue - problems with the connective tissues or, more...
Sticky Nets and Damaged Blood Vessels: A Long COVID Subset is Born?
A long COVID study uncovers a subset of patients with microclots and signs of blood vessel damage who, if the findings are validated, might benefit from rarely used treatments.
A Novel Immunomodulatory Strategy for ME/CFS + A Paradox Resolved?
A novel immunomodulatory treatment approach to ME/CFS appears and a paradox could be resolved....
Takeaways From the Big Long COVID Clinical Trials
Only 10 major long COVID clinical trials have been published thus far but that's enough to come away with some interesting takeaways. They include treatments that prevent long COVID don't necessarily treat it, broader based treatments are probably best, manipulating the gut can help with fatigue (but only so much), and an as yet unassessed class of drugs may be helpful.
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