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The Forever Disease: How Covid-19 Became a Chronic Condition


The Forever Disease: How Covid-19 Became a Chronic Condition
Thousands of people have been suffering a slew of crazy postinfection syndromes for months and there’s no end in sight.
Details from a long hauler’s life; bottom center: PET/MRI brain image of an infected SARS-COV-2 patient.
Covid-19 is a trickster. Those who have lived with it the longest often describe the disease as if it knows what mischief it’s making. Miel Singletary Schultz, a 48-year-old “long hauler” and former sailing crew worker in San Diego, thought she had experienced every possible symptom when in October her skin began exuding tiny yellow crystals all over her body; a fellow long hauler suggested it might be uremic frost, the manifestation of a kidney disease. The skin discharge was not the most debilitating of her dozen-plus symptoms, which included headaches, nerve pain, cognitive dysfunction, hair loss, constipation, and extreme weight loss, but this one seemed especially sinister. ....

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12 Scientifically Proven Ways to Succeed at Your New Year's Resolutions


12 Scientifically Proven Ways to Succeed at Your New Year s Resolutions
Newsweek
12/17/2020
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2021 sign
The pandemic doesn t seem to have dampened Americans enthusiasm for linking a New Year to a fresh start. More than two thirds of Americans plan to make a resolution for 2021, polls show, which is roughly the same as in years past. What has changed: The most common objectives for 2021 look strikingly different from traditional New Year promises, and attitudes about when, how and why to tackle key goals have changed as well.
The reason: More than half of Americans say their usual pre-COVID January 1 resolutions think, hitting the gym more often or nabbing a big raise aren t applicable to their lifestyle anymore. Seven in 10 say they are tossing out materialistic pledges and instead looking to learn life skills, improve overall wellness or savor experiences, like time with family, according to a survey co ....

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