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Should you worry about your brain fog?
The impairment, often associated with long Covid, doesn’t mean you’re more likely to get dementia or Alzheimer’s disease.
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Our brains are getting older, yet we constantly expect more of them.
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F.D. Flam
The phrase “brain fog” has exploded in our collective lexicon in recent years, along with complaints and concerns about “senior moments”, forgotten names, lost items, an inability to focus and clouded thinking.
To add to our common distress, a recent Bloomberg News explainer highlighted several studies showing that Covid-19 damaged our brains by shrinking their volume, diminishing our cognitive performance, and increasing the presence of protein deposits associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
