Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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ME/CFS and Long COVID share similar symptoms and biological abnormalities: road map to the literature

Anthony L. Komaroff, W. Ian Lipkin
Frontiers in Medicine Summary & key facts 2023 291 citations

This review found that Long COVID and myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) share many symptoms and similar biological changes. People with both conditions often have long-lasting fatigue, thinking problems, sleep disruption, pain, post-exertional worsening, and signs of problems in the brain, autonomic nervous system, heart, lungs, immune system, gut microbiome,…

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Respiratory Support and Mechanisms

Is your brain tired? Researchers are discovering the roots of mental fatigue

Lynne Peeples
Nature Summary & key facts 2025 0 citations

This Nature news feature by Lynne Peeples (10 December 2025) looks at new research on mental fatigue — why thinking hard can make people feel worn out. It explains that scientists are trying to build better ways to measure cognitive exhaustion. The article says those better measures could help point…

COVID-19 and Mental Health Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
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