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COVID May Harm Brain Function, Large Study Suggests

COVID May Harm Brain Function, Large Study Suggests

Patients recovering from coronavirus infection suffer from increased neurological and psychological distress, according to a comprehensive observational study published Thursday. Researchers from the University of Oxford searched more than a million patient records and found that, two years after infection, patients who had recovered from COVID-19 had a higher risk of psychosis, dementia and “brain …

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Ivermectin among generics that failed to help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization, large studies show

Ivermectin among generics that failed to help COVID-19 patients avoid hospitalization, large studies show

A new study found that three generic drugs — fluvoxamine, commonly prescribed to treat depression, the controversial antimalarial drug ivermectin and the diabetes pill metformin — failed to prevent the kind of severe COVID-19 that leads to emergency room visits or hospitalization. The study, published Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine, examined whether …

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