Nurses reposition an intubated COVID-19 patient in a prone position in the intensive care unit at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, Calif., on April 10. Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images hide caption Nurses reposition an intubated COVID-19 patient in a prone position in the intensive care unit at Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, Calif., on April 10. Continue reading →

The symptoms of COVID-19 are well known, and a battery of treatment measures have been used to save lives. However, much less is known about what happens after recovery. Do people whove beaten COVID-19 have to worry about their long-term health Continue reading →

The lungs are ground zero, but COVID-19 also tears through organ systems from brain to blood vessels. Continue reading →

Among the patients I care for at the hospital is a young woman recovering from COVID-19. Continue reading →

Fionnuala Mahoney kept her secret hidden from her mother, her teachers and the other children at school.She sat in the back of the class with her shoulders slumped and her face covered by her long, brown hair, hoping to escape her teacher's gaze.When finally asked to read a passage from her textbook, shed remember how her mom had done it the night before. Continue reading →

"After I finished a round of anti-seizure medications, there weren't any other pharmaceuticals available to help me with my brain injury," Frankel said. "All of the neurosurgeons [who] I consulted said I needed bed rest until the inflammation goes down." As a mother and wife who needed to function, Frankel became restless as she struggled with pain due to the swelling in her brain. Continue reading →

Karine Lagace opened Neuro Physio to help the community and that is exactly what she will continue to do, albeit, a little further from her clients than she would prefer amidst the pandemic. For a little more than a month, Lagace has been offering free physiotherapy appointments over the phone to not only her regular clientele but anyone seeking advice relating to her area of expertise Continue reading →

Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. We have underestimated and misunderstood COVID-19 since it first appeared. And as we learn more, it's clear that COVID-19 can be more than just a respiratory disease. Continue reading →

CBS NEWS/ CNET On a warm New York City summer morning a few years back, Jacob LaMendola, then in his late 20s, smelled chocolate for the first time. It was, as far as he can tell, the first time hed smelled anything Continue reading →

Proteostasis dISRupted Despite their importance, many crucial networks for protein quality control within cells diminish with age. The resulting loss of proteostasis, the process by which the health of a cell's proteins is monitored and maintained, is associated with a wide range of age-related human diseases. Costa-Mattioli and Walter review the integrated stress response (ISR), a central signaling network that responds to proteostasis defects by tuning protein synthesis Continue reading →