Nurse advocates for better support and treatments for POTS illness
Post-COVID, cases of the debilitating syndrome have surged five-fold—here’s what experts and patients want you to know.
COVID-19 brought about a large rise in blood circulation disorder cases, study suggests
The number of patients diagnosed with a chronic and oftentimes debilitating blood circulation disorder has risen sharply in ...
Nurse can't shake COVID-19's unrelenting grip
Five years after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, registered nurse Nicole Baca still visits an infusion center every week to ...
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The syndrome many women are getting diagnosed with after COVID
POTS stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and shows up through symptoms like a rapid heart rate after ...
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Lauren Letzsch makes a triumphant return
Letzsch became part of the Oregon State lineup as a freshman and by her sophomore year was one of the main gymnasts in the ...
We are turning too many people into medical patients
When I meet a patient with a complicated medical history, I often start by asking when they were last perfectly well. Darcie ...
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The COVID-related health condition that's affecting more women than men
In examining POTS, a disorder that affects the autonomic nervous system, which controls bodily functions such as breathing, ...
The world has largely moved on from COVID-19. Meet the people who can't
It's been five years since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, but some people continue to feel the effect every day.
Woman Learns She Has Same Disease that Took the Lives of Her Mom and Sister, Leaving Teenage Son 'Absolutely Devastated'
Holly Turner's doctors initially thought her tremors were due to stress, but they were symptoms of ALS, which also took the ...
Mum’s symptoms initially mistaken for muscle twitches – now she’s been given ‘death sentence’
HOLLY Turner was devastated when her sister was diagnosed with an incurable disease that stole her mum just years earlier – ...
'I lost mum and sister to disease, then I got it as well'
Holly was devastated when her sister was diagnosed with MND in summer 2022 - after she became ill in 2021. The sisters had already lost their mum to the disease in 2013. Linda said: "Holly and her ...
I invested $4,000 in 2020. It's now worth $55,000 with a 65% concentration in Nvidia. Am I now in trouble?
Now, that account is worth $55,000, with a 65% concentration in Nvidia (NVDA), which was my first stock buy, then a 20% concentration in Novo Nordisk (NVO) and Eli Lilly (LLY) stock, with 15% ...