TLC Sessions - Living with Long Covid
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Episode 78: Benjamin Krishna - Interferon Gamma
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Benjamin Krishna and the Virology & Immunology team at Cambridge University have identified a protein, elevated in the blood of Long Covid pati...
Episode 77: Dr Theoharis Theoharides - The Mast Cell Master
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Theoharis Theoharides, aka “The Mast Cell Master”, has been exploring the world of Mast Cells, their influence on our bodily functions, neurolo...
Episode 76: Conor Browne - biorisk consultant
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Conor Browne, an independent Biorisk Consultant, analyses biosecurity risks for governmental bodies, commercial enterprises and NGOs, aiding with busi...
Episode 75: Prof. David Cutler - the economics of Long Covid
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
David Cutler, Professor of Applied Economics at Harvard University, has spent his career assessing the economics of healthcare. Over the past four y...
Episode 74: Nancy Klimas M.D. - Neuroimmunology
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Nancy Klimas, Director of the Institute for Neuro-Immune Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, is an immunologist internationally renowned for he...
Episode 73: Dr Rob Wüst - Post-exertional Malaise (P.E.M)
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Rob Wüst, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Movement and Behaviour Sciences, is an expert cardiac and skeletal muscle metabolism and mitochond...
Episode 72: Dr Thomas Chelimsky - autonomic dysfunction, migraine and trauma
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Thomas Chelimsky, Professor of Neurology and Director of VCU’s autonomic laboratory, is a specialist in autonomic dysfunction and a vocal advocat...
Episode 71: Dr Andrew Klein - Iron and B12 deficiency
29 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Andrew Klein, an anaesthetist at the Royal Papworth Hospital Cambridge, runs the Cambridge Iron Clinic where he treats people with Iron and B12 def...
Episode 70: Benjamin Abramoff, M.D. – Serotonin Depletion
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Physiatrist Benjamin Abramoff, M.D. is the Director and Co-founder of the Post Covid Assessment and Recovery Clinic at the University of Pennsylvania,...
Episode 69: Prof. Tim Henrich - Viral persistence and T cell dysregulation
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Henrich is a Professor of Medicine and expert in infectious diseases, focused on chronic viral infections at the University of California, San Fra...
LC Supplement to Episode 68 - Tinnitus
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A supplement to Episode 68 - Consultant Neurologist Steven Allder of Re:Cognition Health explains what tinnitus is and why we are experiencing it in L...
LC Supplement to Episode 68 - Anxiety and Depression
05 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A supplement to Episode 68 - Consultant Neurologist Steven Allder of Re:Cognition Health discusses the way that injury to the brain causes anxiety and...
Episode 68: Dr Steven Allder - Re:Cognition Health
23 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Consultant Neurologist Steven Allder of Re:Cognition Health has applied his wealth of experience investigating Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and Functi...
Episode 67: Prof. Andrew Shaw – Antibody gap
01 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Andrew Shaw, University of Exeter, believes that he has devised a diagnostic test for Long Covid. His company, Attomarker, have developed ...
Episode 66: Prof. Danny Altmann Returns
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Imperial College Professor of Immunology, Danny Altmann recently published “The immunology of long COVID”, a fantastically comprehensive overvie...
Episode 65: Dr. Amy Proal - PolyBio
01 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Amy Proal is the President and Research Director of PolyBio Research Foundation, a non-profit organisation that brings together some of the bright...
Episode 64: Michael Peluso, M.D. – Viral reservoirs and Monoclonal Antibody treatment trial
07 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Peluso M.D., an HIV and infectious disease specialist at UCSF, has been studying Long Covid patients since April 2020 (LIINC Study). This,...
Episode 63: Eric Topol, M.D – Cardiologist and prolific Long Covid author
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Topol must be one of the leading voices in Long Covid advocacy. Cardiologist, scientist, author, editor-in-chief of Medscape, and founder of th...
Episode 62: Prof. Harlan Krumholz - Vibrations, LISTEN, and Paxlovid studies
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Harlan Krumholtz, cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at Yale University, is attempting to move the needle when it comes to patient-centric care in...
Episode 61: Dr Leo Galland - A functional approach
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Credited as being the founder of functional medicine, Dr Leo Galland has spent the past 40 years trying to create a patient-centred version of healthc...
Episode 60: Research-Aid Networks – all about the acid-base
06 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Researcher Vicky van der Togt and virologist Dr Jeremy Rossman have spent the past 2.5 years trying to help Long Covid patients and research via their...
Episode 59: Dr Wes Ely - Treating with humanity
16 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Wes Ely, a pulmonary and critical care doctor, has built a remarkable resource for Long Covid sufferers within the Critical Illness, Brain Dysfunct...
Episode 58: **Exclusive** Breakthrough Biomarker?
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Molecular Virologist, Bhupesh Prusty, promised to reveal more when we last spoke, four weeks ago. Here he presents what he believes to be a biomarke...
Episode 57: Lavanya Visvabharathy - Publishing the science
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Lavanya Visvabharathy, a T cell immunologist at Northwestern University, Chicago, has led extensive studies into Long Covid, but we learned that some ...
Episode 56: Dr Jim Jackson - Neuropsychology and Cognitive Rehabilitation
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Jim Jackson, research professor of Medicine and Psychiatry at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre, does not believe that Long Covid is all in your...
Episode 55: Dr Raouf Gharbo - HRV, breathing and sleep
28 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Raouf (Ron) Gharbo has spent many years treating those with brain injury and autonomic disorders using Heart Rate Variability (HRV) metrics. Phys...
Episode 54: Dr Bhupesh Prusty - Molecular Virologist
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bhupesh Prusty believes that he has found 'the switch'. A molecular virologist from the University of Würzburg, Germany, he has turned...
Episode 53: Prof. Jack Lambert - LDN protocol
26 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's episode we receive no-nonsense, practical advice from Prof. Jack Lambert, a consultant in infectious diseases at the Mater Hospita...
Episode 52: Patient Led Research Collaborative – Hannah Davis and Lisa McCorkell
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
If you’re looking for an overview of all of the research into Long Covid, this Nature review, undertaken by Patient Led Research Collaborative (PLRC...
Episode 51: Akiko Iwasaki – Immunobiologist
12 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Akiko Iwasaki, a Professor of Immunobiology and Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology at Yale University, with a particular interest in mucos...
Episode 50: Dr Ziyad Al-Aly - Clinical Epidemiologist
21 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ziyad Al-Aly is chief of research and development at the Veteran Affairs St. Louis healthcare system and a clinical epidemiologist at Washington Un...
Episode 49: Dr Benjamin Natelson - Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Benjamin Natelson, professor of neurology and director of the Pain and Fatigue Study Centre at Mount Sinai, has been studying the mechanisms, effec...
Episode 48: Harry Leeming - Founder of Visible
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if there were an activity tracking app designed to monitor and aid recovery from chronic illness, instead of pushing fitness goals? That is exa...
Episode 47: Dr David Putrino - The Putrino Lab
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, we spoke to Mount Sinai neuroscientist and physical therapist Dr. David Putrino about his latest study on 215 patients. A collaboration b...
Episode 46: Dr David Strain – HRV, vaccines and genetics
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr David Strain is a titan in the Long Covid research and clinical field. With the ability to boil down complex medical theory and research into ver...
Episode 45: Amiad Abrahams - Psychology and Mindfulness
02 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Amiad Abrahams, a Health Psychologist, the Deputy Lead for North West London's Long Covid Psychology service, understands the effect that the min...
Episode 44: Prof. Doug Kell - More on microclots
14 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Doug Kell is a systems biologist who has been studying anomalous clotting for many years, and since the pandemic began has turned his knowle...
Episode 43: Dr Tae Chung - POTS and autoimmunity
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tae Chung runs the POTS clinic at John Hopkins University. Approaching this with his two specialties- neuromuscular and physical medicine and reh...
Episode 42: Vedicinals9 - Joachim Gerlach
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the established medical system offering few options to treat Long Covid holistically - most sufferers are at best only being offered symptom mana...
Episode 41: Eric Feigl-Ding – Epidemiologist and Public Health Scientist
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Eric Feigl-Ding was one of the first public health scientists to raise the alarm as COVID-19 took hold. Often several steps ahead of the policy-m...
Episode 40: Dr Bettina Hohberger - the eye and BC007
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bettina Hohberger, an ophthalmologist at Erlangen University with expertise in glaucoma, believes that looking at the eye – an area of the body w...
Episode 39: Lavanya Visvabharathy - T cell dysfunction in Long Covid
30 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lavanya Visvabharathy, a T cell immunologist, has methodically applied her expertise to look at samples from patients at the Long Covid clinic at Nort...
Episode 38: Gerald Commissiong and Dr Dorit Arad - Tollovid
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Long Covid space has been abuzz with talk of Tollovid - the dietary supplement that is claimed to act, in much the same way as Paxlovid, on inhibi...
Episode 37: Dr Stephen Griffin - virologist talking antivirals
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Stephen Griffin, virologist and member of Independent SAGE, talks us through the workings of antivirals - both in acute COVID-19 and in Long Covid....
Episode 36: Dr Alec Schmaier - endothelium and the vascular system
22 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Alec Schmaier, a cardiology and vascular specialist, has studied the impact that COVID-19 has on the endothelium. This week we called on his know...
Episode 35: Prof. Mary Hickson - Nutrition
09 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Long Covid it can be hard to keep up with what we should be eating, not eating, supplementing and changing when it comes to providing our bodies wi...
Episode 34: Dr Satish Raj - Long Covid and POTS
01 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Not only do many Long Covid patients suffer from P.O.T.S or P.O.T.S-like symptoms, but there are a number of similarities between the two conditions a...
Episode 33: Perry Nickelston - the lymphatic system
14 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Perry Nickelston believes that focusing on the much overlooked lymphatic system could be what we each need to enable our bodies to heal. In this wee...
Episode 32: Dr Sarah Glynne - hormones, the menopause and HRT
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There may be a treatment from which a third of women with Long Covid could benefit. It is not a new drug, it is safe, and it has been proven to work...
Episode 31: Steven Deeks, M.D. - HIV Specialist
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Professor of Medicine in residence at the University of California, San Francisco, Steven Deeks M.D., is an expert on HIV-associated immune dysfunct...
Episode 30: Dr Michael Gonevski - Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
05 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Michael Gonevski has been administering Long Covid sufferers with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) since the condition emerged. The treatment, g...
Episode 29: Anthony Leonardi - How Covid damages our T cells
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What if every COVID-19 infection was causing a degradation of our T cells, impairing our ability to fight infection? Anthony Leonardi studied T cell...
Episode 28: Prof Robert Thomas - Gut microbiome
15 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we speak to Professor Robert Thomas who has used his work as a Consultant Oncologist and Professor of Nutritional Science to develop potenti...
Episode 27: Dr Sabina Brennan - Brain Fog
03 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week we talk to the vivacious Dr. Sabina Brennan health psychologist, neuroscientist and author of the book Beating Brain Fog, about the neurolog...
Episode 26: The Sunshine Doctor - Endocrinologist Paul Jenkins
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Consultant physician and endocrinologist Dr. Paul Jenkins runs the London Endocrine Centre, and drawing on this expertise and treating patients with p...
Episode 25: Dr Bruce Patterson - Maraviroc... myth or magic?
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Bruce Patterson believes that he understands the mechanism causing Long Covid, and has treated over 14,000 Long Haulers in the United States - to v...
Episode 24: Happy New Year - And breathe...
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
To gently welcome in the New Year we asked Respiratory Physio Robin McNelis to give us a guided breathing exercise to optimise our O2 and CO2 and prov...
Episode 23: Francis Vaz - Ear, Nose & Throat Symptoms
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Francis Vaz is an ENT surgeon who has seen a large increase in referrals due to Long Covid. In this week's episode he talks us through the symp...
Episode 22: Dr Tomer Bronshtein - Innovative cell therapies
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Tomer Bronshtein, head of research at Bonus BioGroup, has been developing cellular therapies to treat acute respiratory distress in Covid-19 patien...
Episode 21: Dr Asad Khan - H.E.L.P. Apheresis
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Following on from our interview with Professor Resia Pretorius and her hypothesis of microclots driving the symptoms of Long Covid, we speak to Dr Asa...
Episode 20: Dr Betty Raman and Bill Hinshaw - Fatigue and the mitochondria
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mitochondrial dysfunction could be one of the mechanisms driving Long Covid. But what are mitochondria, what has happened to them in people with Lon...
Episode 19: Prof. Alex Richter - Clinical Immunologist
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Alex Richter, Clinical Immunologist at the University of Birmingham, looks at post Covid both through patients and microscopes. Her work i...
Episode 18: Prof. Resia Pretorius - Microclots
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The Long Covid community is abuzz with talk of microclots. We take it back to the science in this week’s conversation with Resia Pretorius, a distin...
Episode 17: Robin McNelis - Respiratory physiotherapist
28 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What if some of your Long Covid symptoms could be improved by changing your breathing? In this week’s episode respiratory physiotherapist and Long...
Episode 16: Michael Rosen - author. Long Covid and Me
20 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Writer Michael Rosen became seriously ill with COVID-19 in March 2020. Rosen discusses how his brush with serious illness has left him with long l...
Episode 15's Supplement - Supplements for migraine
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An extra bite from The Long Covid Sessions with top tips from our experts. Dr Katy Munro details the supplements she recommends for migraine suffe...
Episode 15: Dr Katy Munro - Migraine/Headache Specialist
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Katy Munro is a GP headache specialist at the National Centre for Migraine. This week she talks us through one of the most prevalent conditions i...
Episode 14: Dr Corinna Geiger - Gastroenterologist
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s conversation takes a deep dive into Long Covid gut issues. Dr Corinna Geiger, a specialist in Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, has seen ...
Episode 13: Dr Amy Small - GP
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Amy Small is a GP and a Long Covid fighter. She's fought a personal battle with the disease and it seems like she's won. She's f...
Episode 12: Prof. Guy Leschziner - Sleep Expert
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guy Leschziner is a professor of neurology and sleep medicine, leader of a sleep disorder clinic, sleep author, BBC Radio 4 'Mysteries of Sleep&a...
Episode 11: Dr. Hadi Manji - Consultant Neurologist
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Consultant Neurologist Dr. Hadi Manji is part of the team leading a new clinic for neurology patients with ‘Long Covid’ at the National Hospital f...
Episode 10: Darren Brown - Long Covid Physio
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Physiotherapist Darren Brown is a Long Covid sufferer and founder of Long Covid Physio. In our conversation this week he lays out the fundamentals...
Episode 9: Long Covid & Kids
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the start of the school year approaches, we look at the impact of Long Covid on children and their parents. We talk to Frances Simpson, one of th...
Episode 8: A little more conversation - Noreen and Emily
22 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Still riding the Coronacoaster, in this week's episode Noreen and Emily manage a brief catch up with each other, talking over their personal situ...
Episode 7: Dr Melissa Heightman - Long Covid clinics
14 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
UCLH Long Covid Clinic has been described as the gold standard of treatment. Clinical lead and respiratory consultant, Dr Melissa Heightman, talks us ...
Episode 6: Dr Alexander Lyon - Cardiologist
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As we start to explore the different systems of the body affected by Long Covid, this week we speak to Consultant Cardiologist Dr Alexander Lyon. He...
Episode 5: Professor Danny Altmann - Immunologist
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor of Immunology, Danny Altmann, talks us through his work looking at the way in which Covid-19 has left its mark on the immune system in cases...
Episode 4: Sonia Gallego
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sonia Gallego works as a reporter for an international news channel and lived a full and active life until she contracted Covid in December 2020. Si...
Episode 3: Dr Paul Glynne - Consultant Physician
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Paul Glynne, Consultant Physician and Medical Director at The Physicians’ Clinic and former medical director at UCLH. He is the Sherlock Holme...
Episode 2: Dr Elaine Maxwell - The Long Covid Data Queen
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Elaine Maxwell, Clinical Adviser at the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) breaks down all the world’s Long Covid research for us into...
Let's start the conversation - Long Covid
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes it just takes two people to start the national conversation. Noreen Jameel and Emily Kate Stephens talk about what it's like to live w...
TLC Sessions Introduction
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A brief introduction to a brand new podcast on Long Covid. What it's like to live with this new condition and what the medical community is doing...