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Even Mild Covid-19 Causes Brain Damage

New findings could lead to a better understanding of how the brain ages, normally and otherwise

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
4 min readMar 9, 2022
Image: Pixabay/Gerd Altmann

Normal aging comes with some loss of gray matter, the stuff in the brain where neurons process information. But new brain imaging reveals that Covid-19 accelerates that process in some parts of the…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Wise & Well, independent health and wellness journalist, author of Make Sleep Your Superpower.