NikkiCutes
@nikkicutes.bsky.social
Long Covid, POTS, CFS since 03/20 🦠
Surrey, BC📍
Pilot Wife ✈️
Allergic to Everything 😷
Surrey, BC📍
Pilot Wife ✈️
Allergic to Everything 😷
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Viruses, bacteria and Cancer:
New review shows EBV, H. pylori, and SARS-CoV-2 fuel gut inflammation, disrupt immunity & genes, and raise cancer risk. More reasons to prevent infections.
buff.ly/cpqp7JG
#medsky #IDsky #oncsky 😷🛟🧪
New review shows EBV, H. pylori, and SARS-CoV-2 fuel gut inflammation, disrupt immunity & genes, and raise cancer risk. More reasons to prevent infections.
buff.ly/cpqp7JG
#medsky #IDsky #oncsky 😷🛟🧪
June 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Viruses, bacteria and Cancer:
New review shows EBV, H. pylori, and SARS-CoV-2 fuel gut inflammation, disrupt immunity & genes, and raise cancer risk. More reasons to prevent infections.
buff.ly/cpqp7JG
#medsky #IDsky #oncsky 😷🛟🧪
New review shows EBV, H. pylori, and SARS-CoV-2 fuel gut inflammation, disrupt immunity & genes, and raise cancer risk. More reasons to prevent infections.
buff.ly/cpqp7JG
#medsky #IDsky #oncsky 😷🛟🧪
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You need a balanced, not boosted immune system!
June 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
You need a balanced, not boosted immune system!
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Alberta Health Services says someone with a confirmed case of measles visited the Calgary International Airport on May 19 #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Measles exposure at Calgary International Airport
Alberta Health Services is warning the public after someone with a confirmed case of measles was at the Calgary International Airport while infectious.
www.ctvnews.ca
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Alberta Health Services says someone with a confirmed case of measles visited the Calgary International Airport on May 19 #yyc www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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We have allowed a multi system vascular virus to spread unchecked for nearly 6 years.
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
Why so many people are having strokes in their 20s, 30s and 40s: ‘We’ve never had patients so young’
Dr. Mohammad Anadani has shared some intriguing theories on what’s behind the alarming trend of healthy, 20-somethings having strokes.
nypost.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We have allowed a multi system vascular virus to spread unchecked for nearly 6 years.
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
Public health has failed to advise folks of the risk to long term health, or of the fact that there’s no such thing as “mild” COVID.
Yet doctors blame sudden rise in young stroke patients on everything BUT Covid
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The researchers also found people who received antiviral treatment for Herpes (HSV-1) had roughly a 17% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to those who were untreated.
www.sciencealert.com/new-link-con...
www.sciencealert.com/new-link-con...
New Link Connects Herpes to Alzheimer's. Here's What We Know.
A new study has found the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, may be linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease.
www.sciencealert.com
May 26, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The researchers also found people who received antiviral treatment for Herpes (HSV-1) had roughly a 17% lower risk of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to those who were untreated.
www.sciencealert.com/new-link-con...
www.sciencealert.com/new-link-con...
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Derby researchers studied 46 people with Long COVID and found that even mild exercise breaks large microclots into smaller ones, triggering inflammation and possibly worsening symptoms.
Exercise may harm more than help without careful oversight.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Exercise may harm more than help without careful oversight.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Exercise-induced Changes in Microclotting and Cytokine Levels Point to Vascular Injury and Inflammation in People with Long COVID
Background: Long COVID is a persistent and episodic multi-system condition that impacts quality of life and functional status. Underlying pathologies include viral persistence, endothelial dysfunction...
www.researchsquare.com
May 26, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Derby researchers studied 46 people with Long COVID and found that even mild exercise breaks large microclots into smaller ones, triggering inflammation and possibly worsening symptoms.
Exercise may harm more than help without careful oversight.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
Exercise may harm more than help without careful oversight.
www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-6...
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This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
Moderna withdraws application for COVID-flu combination vaccine
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate after discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
This is absolutely terrible news.
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
With the shifting regulatory climate (i.e., antivax ratfuckery), Moderna has withdrawn their application for their eagerly anticipated COVID-flu combo vaccine. This vaccine offered better protection than getting each shot separately.
h/t @merz.bsky.social
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From the pediatric section of @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social’s new Clinical Care Guide to ME/CFS and Long Covid.
The truth is a lot of adults who don’t know they have ME and/or LC say these things too.
The truth is a lot of adults who don’t know they have ME and/or LC say these things too.
May 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
From the pediatric section of @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social’s new Clinical Care Guide to ME/CFS and Long Covid.
The truth is a lot of adults who don’t know they have ME and/or LC say these things too.
The truth is a lot of adults who don’t know they have ME and/or LC say these things too.
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Dear Canada: tomorrow is Election Day. This is Mark Carney. Hint, hint.
April 27, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Dear Canada: tomorrow is Election Day. This is Mark Carney. Hint, hint.
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COVID infection tripled the risk of inflammatory heart diseases and was associated with 68% increased risk of any cardiovascular symptoms in kids with normal hearts.
Study period March 2020 to September 2023. Minimum 6 month followup.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Study period March 2020 to September 2023. Minimum 6 month followup.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
April 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
COVID infection tripled the risk of inflammatory heart diseases and was associated with 68% increased risk of any cardiovascular symptoms in kids with normal hearts.
Study period March 2020 to September 2023. Minimum 6 month followup.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Study period March 2020 to September 2023. Minimum 6 month followup.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Boy, when I listen to Mark Carney talk about his plan for investing in Canada’s economy, for breaking down interprovincial & international barriers, for doubling home building, and for turning Canada into an energy superpower, I’m struck by how clearly he knows what he’s talking about.
Refreshing.
Refreshing.
April 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Boy, when I listen to Mark Carney talk about his plan for investing in Canada’s economy, for breaking down interprovincial & international barriers, for doubling home building, and for turning Canada into an energy superpower, I’m struck by how clearly he knows what he’s talking about.
Refreshing.
Refreshing.
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I looked into it so that you do not have to have to. What's at stake now that milk quality testing by the FDA is suspended? What does milk quality testing involve by the way?
Should you care? A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Should you care? A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
FDA suspends milk quality-control testing program after Trump layoffs
Effective Monday, the agency suspends its proficiency testing program for grade ‘A’ raw milk and finished products
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:32 PM
I looked into it so that you do not have to have to. What's at stake now that milk quality testing by the FDA is suspended? What does milk quality testing involve by the way?
Should you care? A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Should you care? A 🧵
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Reminder as we watch measles rates climb in Canada that *this* is Poilievre's attitude towards vaccination during a public health emergency.
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
April 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reminder as we watch measles rates climb in Canada that *this* is Poilievre's attitude towards vaccination during a public health emergency.
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
MMR vaccination has long been mandated for health care workers.
Would a Poilievre govt ban the MMR mandate in health care during a huge measles outbreak?
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Confirmed cases of measles prompts public alert to potential exposures in the #Edmonton area
www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page188...
#Alberta #Measles
www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page188...
#Alberta #Measles
April 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Confirmed cases of measles prompts public alert to potential exposures in the #Edmonton area
www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page188...
#Alberta #Measles
www.albertahealthservices.ca/news/Page188...
#Alberta #Measles
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“I’m not worried about Long Covid”
Of course you’re not. Most people weren’t worried about it, until it happened to them
This is true of most disabilities. People think they’re the exception. That we’ve done something “wrong”. It’ll be different for them
Disability can & does happen to everyone.
Of course you’re not. Most people weren’t worried about it, until it happened to them
This is true of most disabilities. People think they’re the exception. That we’ve done something “wrong”. It’ll be different for them
Disability can & does happen to everyone.
April 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
“I’m not worried about Long Covid”
Of course you’re not. Most people weren’t worried about it, until it happened to them
This is true of most disabilities. People think they’re the exception. That we’ve done something “wrong”. It’ll be different for them
Disability can & does happen to everyone.
Of course you’re not. Most people weren’t worried about it, until it happened to them
This is true of most disabilities. People think they’re the exception. That we’ve done something “wrong”. It’ll be different for them
Disability can & does happen to everyone.
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Hamburg researchers scanned 44 Long COVID patients and found severe shrinkage in key brainstem-cerebellum bridges.
These structural breaks, called “Broken Bridge Syndrome,” may underlie fatigue, motor issues, and autonomic dysfunction.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
These structural breaks, called “Broken Bridge Syndrome,” may underlie fatigue, motor issues, and autonomic dysfunction.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Brainstem Reduction and Deformation in the 4th Ventricle Cerebellar Peduncles in Long COVID Patients: Insights into Neuroinflammatory Sequelae and "Broken Bridge Syndrome"
Post-COVID Syndrome (PCS), also known as Long COVID, is characterized by persistent and often debilitating neurological sequelae, including fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, motor deficits, and autonomi...
www.medrxiv.org
April 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Hamburg researchers scanned 44 Long COVID patients and found severe shrinkage in key brainstem-cerebellum bridges.
These structural breaks, called “Broken Bridge Syndrome,” may underlie fatigue, motor issues, and autonomic dysfunction.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
These structural breaks, called “Broken Bridge Syndrome,” may underlie fatigue, motor issues, and autonomic dysfunction.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
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goddd the number of things that turn out to be caused (at least partly) by infectious, vaccinatable diseases. apparently some dementia is actually "long chickenpox"?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk
Older adults in Wales who had the jab were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia that those not vaccinated
www.theguardian.com
April 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
goddd the number of things that turn out to be caused (at least partly) by infectious, vaccinatable diseases. apparently some dementia is actually "long chickenpox"?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia - Nature
Using a natural experiment that avoids common bias concerns, this study finds that the live-attenuated shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis within a follow-up period of...
nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
The vaccine against Shingles helps protect against dementia, results of a natural experiment, adding to prior evidence
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
"implications are profound"
New @nature.com
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
nature.com/articles/s41...
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Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that
April 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Masking discourse is on again and I’ll just say if you see people masking when few others are it’s likely because they’ve determined that for them, in that setting, the benefit of not catching (or spreading) whatever’s going around is worth the cost of masking. It’s rarely more complicated than that
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HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
March 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
HHS's Office of Long COVID Research and Practice has been DOGEd. Closing this week.
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Does anyone with ME or Long Covid have experience taking Xolair for MCAS you’d be willing to share?
March 22, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Does anyone with ME or Long Covid have experience taking Xolair for MCAS you’d be willing to share?
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Long-term heart risks from COVID-19.
"A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to 3 years."
"The risks presented by COVID-19 apply to all patients, regardless of age, gender, or prior health conditions."
"A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to 3 years."
"The risks presented by COVID-19 apply to all patients, regardless of age, gender, or prior health conditions."
Medical Minute: Long-term heart risks from COVID-19
A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to three years.
www.news9.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Long-term heart risks from COVID-19.
"A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to 3 years."
"The risks presented by COVID-19 apply to all patients, regardless of age, gender, or prior health conditions."
"A study found that having a COVID-19 infection doubles the risk of cardiovascular diseases, with risks extending up to 3 years."
"The risks presented by COVID-19 apply to all patients, regardless of age, gender, or prior health conditions."
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Thank you @rollingstone.com for the front page coverage
Make the invisible visible. Long Covid is REAL and a growing crisis
Make the invisible visible. Long Covid is REAL and a growing crisis
March 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Thank you @rollingstone.com for the front page coverage
Make the invisible visible. Long Covid is REAL and a growing crisis
Make the invisible visible. Long Covid is REAL and a growing crisis
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Today is International #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay.
How can you take action? 📢
- Talking about COVID and #LongCovid in the present tense.
- Wearing a respirator mask to protect yourself and others. 😷 buymask.ca
- Donating so that we can continue sending free masks to people in 🇨🇦 who need them.
How can you take action? 📢
- Talking about COVID and #LongCovid in the present tense.
- Wearing a respirator mask to protect yourself and others. 😷 buymask.ca
- Donating so that we can continue sending free masks to people in 🇨🇦 who need them.
March 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Today is International #LongCOVIDAwarenessDay.
How can you take action? 📢
- Talking about COVID and #LongCovid in the present tense.
- Wearing a respirator mask to protect yourself and others. 😷 buymask.ca
- Donating so that we can continue sending free masks to people in 🇨🇦 who need them.
How can you take action? 📢
- Talking about COVID and #LongCovid in the present tense.
- Wearing a respirator mask to protect yourself and others. 😷 buymask.ca
- Donating so that we can continue sending free masks to people in 🇨🇦 who need them.