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Long COVID Can Make It Tougher to Exercise, and Research Is Revealing Why
- Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter
- May 31, 2023
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Lack of energy for exercise is a common problem for folks with so-called long COVID.
New research pinpoints the most likely reason why: diminished capacity to get the heart pumping fast enough to support the effort. The name for this is chronotropic incompetence.
Scientists May Understand Link Between Common Virus & Multiple Sclerosis
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 18, 2023
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It's been known for years that Epstein-Barr virus can trigger multiple sclerosis or drive progression of the degenerative disease, and Swedish researchers think they now understand why.
Some people have antibodies against the common Epstein-Barr virus that mistakenly att...
Hope for 1st Vaccine Against Virus Driving 'Mono,' Cancers and Maybe MS
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- May 5, 2022
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Two experimental vaccines show promise in protecting against infection with the "mono" virus, which also causes cancer and has been implicated as a potential trigger of multiple sclerosis, a new paper reports.
Tested only in animals so far, the vaccines block two pathway...
Epstein-Barr Virus: It Causes Mono and Maybe MS. Is a Vaccine Near?
- February 10, 2022
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The mononucleosis virus, Epstein-Barr, has become a major suspect in the search for what causes multiple sclerosis.
Now researchers are raising the next logical question -- can we stop both MS and mononucleosis by preventing Epstein-Barr infections, which occur ...
Scientists Discover How the 'Mono' Virus Might Trigger MS
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- January 26, 2022
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A one-two punch from science has clearly tagged the mononucleosis virus, Epstein-Barr, as a major cause of multiple sclerosis.
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) appears to trigger multiple sclerosis...
Could the 'Mono' Virus Help Trigger Multiple Sclerosis?
- Amy Norton HealthDay Reporter
- January 14, 2022
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For years, researchers have suspected that the Epstein-Barr virus, best known for causing mononucleois, might also play a role in triggering multiple sclerosis. Now a new study strengthens the case.
The study, of more than 10 million U.S. military personnel, found the ri...
Could the 'Mono' Virus Be Driving Long-Haul COVID?
- Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter
- June 30, 2021
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Some folks suffering COVID long-haul symptoms might actually be experiencing an attack of fatigue-inducing Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a new study argues.
Two-thirds of a group of 30 COVID long-haul patients had high levels of Epstein-Barr antibodies, suggesting that EBV l...
Severe 'Mono' Infection May Raise Risk for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Serena Gordon
- April 2, 2019
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As if having the exhausting "kissing disease" -- also known as mononucleosis, or "mono" -- isn't bad enough, about 1 in 10 people with this infection will develop chronic fatigue syndrome in six months, researchers report.
To better predict which people with mono m...