Excess weight, including overweight and obesity, was linked to neurological symptoms of long COVID, including headaches, vertigo, sleep problems, and depression, according to a meta-analysis of studies comprising almost 140,000 total participants, published in PLOS One. “Although it has been suggested that individuals with increased body mass index are at higher risk of PCC [post-COVID-19 condition], the associations between excess weight and specific PCC-related neurological and neuropsychiatric symptoms remained unclear,” wrote Debora Barbosa Ronca, School of Medical and Health Sciences, ...
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Glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) were more effective than other medical therapies in the setting of secondary prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) who also have diabetes and are obese, according to a late-breaking...