Scientific American
Long COVID Now Looks like a Neurological Disease, Helping Doctors to Focus Treatments
The causes of long COVID, which disables millions, may come together in the brain and nervous system
February 14, 2023
The New York Times
What Is Brain Fog and How Can I Treat It?
Researchers are just beginning to understand the cognitive dysfunction that some people experience with Covid-19 and a range of other health issues.
September 13, 2022
The Atlantic
One of Long COVID’s Worst Symptoms Is Also Its Most Misunderstood
Brain fog isn’t like a hangover or depression. It’s a disorder of executive function that makes basic cognitive tasks absurdly hard.
September 12, 2022
Neurology Today
Post-COVID Cognitive Symptoms Are Accompanied by Elevated Immune Markers in CSF
“Though this is a very small study, we found that people with COVID-associated cognitive changes had higher levels of inflammation and immunovascular markers in CSF compared with those who did not experience cognitive changes," Dr. Hellmuth said. “This may imply that inflammation within the brain may contribute to these cognitive changes."
April 19, 2022
MedPageToday
Persistent Brain Fog After Mild COVID Infection Tied to CSF Markers
Immune activation, immunovascular markers elevated in people with long COVID cognitive changes.
April 05, 2022
RxList
More evidence COVID 'Brain Fog' is biologically based
Patients with persistent cognitive impairment months after illness with mild COVID-19 have higher levels of inflammatory markers in their cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
April 01, 2022
NeurologyLive
Understanding Cognitive Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19: Joanna Hellmuth, MD, MHS
The cognitive neurologist at the University of California San Francisco provided insight on how she’s taken a cognitive neurology approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how her background in HIV influenced her recent research.
Jan 20, 2022
SF Chronicle
Scientists may be one step closer to unraveling the mysteries of COVID ‘brain fog’
Scientists studying the persistent “brain fog” that plagues many people after a bout with COVID-19 are reporting, for the first time, abnormalities in the clear liquid surrounding the brain and spinal cord of several patients.
Jan 20, 2022
The Washington Post
Could long covid unlock clues to chronic fatigue and other poorly understood conditions?
Joanna Hellmuth, a cognitive neurologist at the University of California at San Francisco’s Memory and Aging Center, said she is seeing cognitive impairment in people who had covid and who measure well in mood testing, suggesting they are not depressed or anxious.
Nov 7, 2021
SF Chronicle
Here’s what Bay Area doctors say about how COVID affects the brain
“There are viruses that can cause cognitive issues in otherwise healthy people” — and COVID is clearly one of them, said Dr. Joanna Hellmuth, a UCSF neurologist.
Oct 10, 2021
Washington Post
Scientists begin to unravel the mysteries of the coronavirus and brains
Joanna Hellmuth, a cognitive neurologist at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, said she hears the same story repeatedly from previously...
Jun 7, 2021
ABC 7 News
Post COVID-19 brain-related symptoms may be common, UCSF study indicates
Post COVID-19 brain-related symptoms may be common, UCSF study ... they're having after COVID," said USCF neurologist, Dr. Joanna Hellmuth.
Feb 9, 2021
KQED
'Brain Fog' After COVID-19: Many Mild Cases Leave Lasting Impact, Study Finds
Hellmuth and her team want to study the 85% of COVID-19 patients who were never hospitalized. While the new UCSF study is small, she says, it documents cognitive changes in outpatients in detail and opens the door for other researchers to do more, bigger studies.
Feb 5, 2021
Wired
Confused about Covid Brain Fog? Doctors have questions, too
Physicians have seen this recovery symptom before, but they still don’t know why so many coronavirus survivors are being affected.
Nov 6, 2020