This was the week I learned about ExWell Medical, an exercise programme that older people are referred to by their GPs often after covid infections. The programme has an induction that includes baseline fitness test with no monitoring of heart rate, blood pressure etc (according to a friend). Surely this is contraindicated for #LongCovid#ME etc? @longcovid
In @violetblue 's Cybersecurity Roundup, the first OpenSSH vuln discovered in almost 20 years, a look inside a violent gang's crypto-theft home invasion spree, an Australian man was busted and charged for ‘Evil Twin’ wifi airline attacks, the new Cyberpunk Rhapsody album, and advanced notice of an upcoming livestream with Physics Girl (Dianna Cowern) who suffers from #MECFS and #LongCovid .
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"28.2% reported experiencing brain fog, who were generally older (mean brain fog 35.7 ± 11.9 years vs. 32.8 ± 11.6 years, p < 0.0001) and more likely to be female (OR = 1.2, p < 0.001)"
"At this point, we can mostly admit we “know we don’t know much” about PASC in older adults. Part of the reason for the lack of knowledge is the general limitations in the literature on #PASC"
“(Contd) The FMT group showed a decrease in ISI score (p<0.0001), PSQI (p<0.0001), GAD-7 (p=0.0019), ESS (p=0.0057) and blood cortisol concentration (p=0.035) from baseline to week 12, but there was no significant change in the control group."
"Factors predictive of poor PA [physical activity] recovery were higher pre-diagnosis PA, shortness of breath and fatigue during acute illness, and fatigue chronically”
"The Long-COVID group showed fewer correct responses, made more task attempts, and invested more time in the iVR-based OLM task than the Control group. Delayed memory was more severely altered than immediate memory in Long-COVID participants."
“A range of conditions including Guillain-Barré syndrome/cognitive deficit/insomnia/anxiety disorder/encephalitis/ischaemic stroke/mood disorder exhibited a pronounced increase in long-term risk”