Dr. William T. Hu: What We Know About Long COVID and the Brain
Rutgers’ neurologist Dr. William T. Hu joins Being Patient Live Talks to discuss his research on “brain fog” or cognitive impairment in Long COVID and its relation to cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Hu directs the Division of Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Clinic at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, as well as the Center for Healthy Aging Research at Rutgers Institute for Health. His research focuses on biomarkers related to Alzheimer’s disease, frontotemporal dementia, and Long-COVID. Hu leads several research projects including the Rutgers Biomarkers of Neurodegeneration Project, Rutgers South Asian Aging Brain Initiative, Rutgers-Stanford Chinese Older Adult Study, Rutgers-NYU Resource Center for Alzheimer’s and Dementia Research in Asian and Pacific Americans, and the Cognition/Biomarker component of the New Jersey Population Health Cohort Study.
Watch the live talk to learn more about Long COVID, cognitive impairment, and Alzheimer’s disease.
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Table of Contents
00:00 Introduction
01:00 What do we know about viruses and the brain?
03:53 Viruses crossing the blood-brain barrier
05:30 Long COVID symptoms like brain fog and fatigue
06:55 What have we learned about COVID-19 and Alzheimer's?
10:30 The role of inflammation in COVID-19 and Alzheimer’s
12:35 Dr. William Hu’s research on Long COVID and the brain
14:55 Long COVID biomarkers
17:24 Loss of smell in Long COVID
18:53 How do you treat Long COVID?
21:20 Antiviral drugs and Long COVID
22:40 Multiple infections of COVID-19 and viral persistence
25:25 Research on children and Long COVID
29:16 The relationship between COVID-19 and blood clots
30:45 Paxlovid, Long COVID, and potential for other antiviral drugs
33:23 Myths about Long COVID
34:55 Advice on living with Long COVID
36:38 Wrapping up
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