>>> WELCOME BACK TO "WHAT YOU
NEED TO KNOW" HERE ON "GMA3."
DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, YOU'RE HERE
TO TELL US ABOUT A NEW STUDY
TALKING ABOUT WAYS TO TREAT WHAT
PEOPLE CALL, DOCTORS CALL COVID
BRAIN FOG.
>> YEAH.
SO, WE'VE BEEN TALKING, YOU
GUYS, FOR A LONG TIME ABOUT HOW
SOME OF THE CONSEQUENCES OF
COVID ARE NOT IN THE ACUTE
SYNDROME TIME PERIOD BUT LONG
TERM, AND BRAIN FOG, COGNITIVE
DYSFUNCTION, IS ONE OF THEM.
SO A REVIEW JUST OUT IN THE
JOURNAL "NATURE MEDICINE" LOOKED
AT OLDER ADULTS WHO HAD SOME
COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION AFTER
HAVING HAD COVID AND REALLY
DEALT WITH SOME OF THE REHAB
TECHNIQUES THAT WE SEE AFTER
LET'S SAY SOMEONE HAS A
CONCUSSION OR A TRAUMATIC BRAIN
INJURY OR IS DEALING WITH OTHER
COGNITIVE DISORDERS LIKE
PARKINSON'S OR OTHER TYPES OF
DEMENTIA AND FOUND THAT THERE IS
SOME IMPROVEMENT.
SO, THIS IS SO ENCOURAGING
BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT
HOW MANY MILLIONS OF ADULTS
MIGHT BE DEALING WITH POST-COVID
SYNDROME, BUT FINALLY THERE IS
SOME GLIMMER OF HOPE THAT
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO
BRAIN FUNCTION, SO WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT THINGS LIKE ATTENTION,
MEMORY, FOCUS, EVEN SOME TYPES
OF COGNITIVE SKILLS, THAT THERE
CAN BE SOME RECOVERY FROM THAT
EVEN IN OLDER ADULTS WHO HAVE
HAD COVID, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE
TO BE SEVERE COVID.
SO, I THOUGHT THIS WAS
ENCOURAGING.
AGAIN, THE AWARENESS HAS TO BE
THERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST THE
CASES OR THE HOSPITALIZATIONS
THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
IT'S THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS.
>> CAN YOU REMIND FOLKS HERE,
DR. ASHTON, I MEAN, IT MIGHT BE
A MOMENT I CAN'T REMEMBER
SOMETHING.
WHEN DO YOU THINK PEOPLE NEED TO
BE AWARE OF THIS BEING MORE THAN
JUST YOU'RE FORGETFUL A DAY OR
TWO AND MIGHT NEED TO SEE
SOMEBODY?
>> I THINK A COUPLE THINGS.
IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE BRINGING IT
TO YOUR ATTENTION OR IF IT'S
HAPPENING ON A DAILY