Long Covid

• Common antidepressant may help adults with long COVID: study

  The clinical trial showed a 99 per cent probability that fluvoxamine outperformed placebo for 'reducing fatigue severity and improving quality of life in people with long COVID.'

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  Apr 2
  
• ‘It’s a complete upturn of the way you live’: Saskatchewan woman shares struggle to find long COVID supports

  The COVID-19 pandemic is a thought of the past for many people but for others, COVID forever altered their lives. In Saskatchewan there have been very limited resources available

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  Oct 20, 2024
  
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• Long COVID patients suffer high rate of autonomic disorders, researchers say

  October marks Dysautonomia Awareness Month, raising the profile for a condition affecting body functions such as heart rate and sweating. It is common in long COVID patients.

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  Oct 19, 2024
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• Woman diagnosed with long COVID discusses feeling ‘isolated and not understood’

  In January 2022, Anne Belliveau-Leblanc of New Brunswick was diagnosed with long COVID after a COVID-19 infection. She says dealing with the diagnosis was isolating and scary.

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  Aug 28, 2024
• Fallout ensues after the closure of long-COVID outpatient program

  Those still dealing with the effects of long-COVID in Alberta are fighting back after they were informed the Long-COVID Inter-Professional Outpatient Program is coming to and end.

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  Aug 15, 2024
• Hundreds of long-COVID sufferers affected as AHS abruptly closes outpatient program

  Alberta Health Services confirms it is concluding its long-COVID outpatient program much to the disappointment and frustration of Alberta patients suffering from symptoms.

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  Aug 8, 2024
• Researchers say more support, education needed to help B.C. long-COVID patients

  A SFU-backed study says more education is needed for health-care professionals when it comes to treating and helping patients who are living with long COVID.

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  Apr 5, 2024
• New Canadian Covid Society aims to address long-term effects

  The Canadian Covid Society launched on Wednesday, with co-founders saying the organization is needed as public health agencies have pulled back on COVID-19 prevention measures.

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  Mar 6, 2024
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• Canada enters 5th year of COVID-19. Are we falling short in treatment?

  As Canada enters its fifth year navigating COVID-19, treatment options for the virus remain disappointingly inadequate, according to advocates and experts.

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  Dec 26, 2023
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• 1 in 9 Canadians have had ‘long COVID’: StatCan

  About one in nine Canadian adults have had long-term symptoms from COVID-19 infection, according to a Statistics Canada report issued Friday.

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  Dec 8, 2023