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New study provides both good and bad news about transient ischemic attacks
Study findings released Tuesday in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) hold both good news and bad news about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes.
Sudha Seshadri, MD, professor of neurology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and director of the university s Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, is senior author of the study and senior investigator of the Framingham Heart Study, from which the findings are derived.
She said the extensive follow-up of Framingham participants over more than six decades enabled the study to present a more-complete picture of the risk of stroke to patients after a TIA.
San Antonio resident Robert Renteria is participating in the study.
“I’m willing to do whatever I can to help in this research,” Renteria said.
Last year in June, Renteria began feeling sick.
“No sleep, no appetite, some fever,” he said.
Renteria tested positive for COVID-19. Now he wants to learn how the disease could impact him in the long run.
“We wanted to find out what effects it might have on us, and especially me, with the family history,” he said.
Renteria said his father, a veteran of the San Antonio Fire Department, had Alzheimer’s disease.
Dr. Sudha Seshadri, director of the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, said it’s crucial to understand the long-term consequences of this infection.
SAN ANTONIO and BOSTON - Study findings released Tuesday in the
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) hold both good news and bad news about transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), which are harbingers of subsequent strokes.
Sudha Seshadri, MD, professor of neurology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and director of the university s Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, is senior author of the study and senior investigator of the Framingham Heart Study, from which the findings are derived. She said the extensive follow-up of Framingham participants over more than six decades enabled the study to present a more-complete picture of the risk of stroke to patients after a TIA.
COVID-19 and the brain: What do we know so far?
Written by Ana Sandoiu on January 25, 2021 Fact checked by Zia Sherrell, MPH
What do we currently know about the effects of SARS-CoV-2 on the brain? In this feature, we round up the emerging evidence.
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How does SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, affect the human brain? Recent studies have given us clues, shedding light on why COVID-19 can be so severe for some people and why the symptoms can last a long time.