#Brain #Aging

An old friend reached out to me today.

“An old friend reached out to me today.

He got an MRI showing that his brain aged 25 years. He went for an MRI because his ADHD meds weren’t doing the job and if he went off of them, he felt different, he felt had dementia.

Doc notes that given the facts, it’s Covid induced.”

#Discussion #anecdote #dementia #Post-Acute Conditions #long covid #brain #brain aging #aging #accelerated aging

·x.com·Sep 15, 2024

An old friend reached out to me today.

Cognitive impairment from long COVID equivalent to aging 20 years, study finds

"A new study says that cognitive impairment due to long COVID is the equivalent of aging 20 years or losing 10 IQ points."

#Brain #aging #IQ #cognition

·ctvnews.ca·Jun 13, 2023

Cognitive impairment from long COVID equivalent to aging 20 years, study finds

Severe cases of COVID causing cognitive impairment equivalent to ageing 20 years, new study finds

"It is very possible that some of these individuals will never fully recover,"

#Brain #cognition #aging

·news.sky.com·Jun 13, 2023

Severe cases of COVID causing cognitive impairment equivalent to ageing 20 years, new study finds

Study links even mild Covid-19 to changes in the brain | CNN

"People who have even a mild case of Covid-19 may have accelerated aging of the brain and other changes to it...the brains of those who had Covid-19 had a greater loss of gray matter and abnormalities in the brain tissue compared with those who didn't:"

#Brain #aging #Brain shrinkage

·cnn.com·Jun 13, 2023

Study links even mild Covid-19 to changes in the brain | CNN

Opa Köbi on Twitter

"Recent brain imaging shows the disease can cause physical changes equivalent to a decade of aging and trigger problems with attention and memory. Exactly why is still a mystery."

#Brain #Aging

·twitter.com·Jun 13, 2023

Opa Köbi on Twitter