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Post-COVID-19 Nerve Damage
Nerve injury rehabilitation is the specialty of Dr. Colin Franz, and he has been assisting some patients who are getting some high level press for their COVID related nerve damage.
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Severe COVID May Age Survivors' Brains 20 Years: Study
A serious bout of COVID-19 can prompt a serious loss of brain power, new research warns, triggering a drop in IQ that's equivalent to aging from 50 to 70 in a matter of months.
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Memory Issues Plague Long COVID Patients
Memory and concentration problems haunt 7 in 10 patients with long COVID, a pair of new studies indicate. The findings suggest that COVID-19 has a notable impact on brain health, even if the precise underlying mechanisms remain unclear.
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Got long Covid? Seniors should prepare to go slow
Older adults who have survived Covid-19 are more likely than younger patients to have persistent symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, muscle aches, heart palpitations, headaches, joint pain and difficulty with memory and concentration — problems linked to long Covid.
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Preventing Nerve Injuries Acquired in the ICU by Patients with Severe COVID
A new study identified the cause of — and hope for the potential prevention of — nerve injuries in patients treated in the intensive care unit for severe COVID-19.
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Dr. Adenike Adewuyi to Receive Materson New Investigator Award at 2022 AAPM&R in Baltimore
On Oct. 22, 2022, Adenike Adewuyi, MD, will be honored with the Richard Materson ERF New Investigator Research Grant Award, presented by the Foundation for Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
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In the News: NBC 5 Features Dr. Colin Franz in Story on New ALS Drug
NBC 5 Chicago recently ran a story about Relyvrio — a new medication for treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) — that included insights from Colin Franz, MD, PhD, physician-scientist and director, Electrodiagnostic Laboratory, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. In addition to his roles at SRAlab, Dr. Franz is a physician for the Les Turner ALS Center at Northwestern Medicine.
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Drs. Colin Franz & Adenike Adewuyi Publish Review on Nerve Transfer Surgery for SCI
The Journal of Neurophysiology recently published a review by Adenike Adewuyi, MD, and Colin Franz, MD, PhD, that proposes a framework for evaluating patients with spinal cord injuries to determine their candidacy for nerve transfer surgery.
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