A numbing procedure usually used to treat pain and post-traumatic stress disorder is being tested as a way to restore smell and taste in people with long Covid. It's called a stellate ganglion block.

My last article discussed Orthobiologics, using something from your body to assist or restart the healing process. This article is written by Dominique Roberts, BSc, my Research Associate, current ...

Afghan National Army soldiers assigned to the 203rd Thunder Corps, Afghan National Army, accompanied by soldiers assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, 1st Armored Division walk off ...

Nurse Andrew Dennis (left) works a shift on Dec. 8 inside the intensive care unit at the St. Cloud Hospital. CATHY WURZER: The US national emergency to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic ended a week ...

A team of researchers may have found an effective treatment for one of the more common symptoms of long covid: a chronically changed sense of smell. In a small study, the team found that many patients ...

The U.S. Army is researching an anesthetic injection called a stellate ganglion block that could relieve symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Here's how it works. Illustration/Video: Heather ...

After three combat deployments to the Gulf War, Iraq and Afghanistan, something as simple as the smell of hay could trigger Rick Burth’s post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms. The smell of gunpowder ...

The Anchorage Daily News and the Anchorage Museum are collaborating on an ongoing series of articles, Neighbors: Stories from Anchorage’s pandemic years. We’re collecting stories and making ...