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Colleen Hoover

🧠 Long COVID brain fog finally has a scientific explanation

For years, millions of people suffering from Long COVID have reported “brain fog”—trouble with memory, focus, and thinking clearly. Now, researchers in Japan have identified a biological cause behind these cognitive struggles.

A team at Yokohama City University used an advanced brain imaging technique called [11C]K-2 PET scanning to reveal abnormal increases in AMPA receptors (AMPARs)—molecules crucial for learning and memory—in patients with Long COVID. Elevated AMPAR levels were directly linked to both the severity of brain fog and higher inflammation markers, providing the first clear molecular evidence of the condition.

Published in Brain Communications (Oct 2025), the study found that AMPAR density could distinguish affected individuals from healthy ones with remarkable accuracy—100% sensitivity and 91% specificity. This breakthrough opens the door to new diagnostic tools and potential treatments, such as drugs targeting AMPAR activity.

With brain fog affecting over 80% of Long COVID patients worldwide, this discovery is a vital step toward validating patients’ experiences and accelerating the search for effective therapies.

📖 Reference: Yu Fujimoto et al., Systemic increase of AMPA receptors associated with cognitive impairment of long COVID, Brain Communications, 1 October 2025.

Writers don’t procrastinate—we just creatively delay inspiration. What’s your favorite way to avoid writing?

Should be writing, but here I am instead 😂

My Writing Process, Step-by-Step
(A tragic comedy in 10 acts.)

You ever sit down to write and end up doing everything but that? Yeah, same. Here’s how I “write”:

1. Lock self in writing cave.
2. Decide the entire room must be deep-cleaned or the muse won’t show up.
3. Alphabetize bookshelf. Twice.
4. Organize junk drawer that has nothing to do with writing.
5. Light a candle for “ambience” then spend 15 minutes watching the wax melt.
6. Google “how to get motivated to write” and fall into a Reddit hole.
7. Decide I need coffee. Drive 20 minutes for the “writing blend.”
8. Make elaborate snack I suddenly can’t survive without.
9. Dramatically sigh and scroll TikTok to “study storytelling.”
10. Write one sentence. Feel like a literary god. Reward self with nap.

🆓 Want a free word document copy of my rough draft for my latest book, God, Are You Mad at Me? I need 10-15 people who are willing to read my manuscript and give honest feedback and advice. Anyone interested and want to help?

WANTED: Brave Book Lovers!

I’m looking for a handful of bold, honest, passionate readers to be the first to read my latest novel before it hits the world.
You’ll be helping shape the final version with your feedback — and get a sneak peek into a story that might just break your heart… and heal it too.

Interested? Comment “I’m in” or send me a message!

Who do you think just recorded a podcast discussing her first published work? This author!

Want to be part of my next big thing?

I’m looking for a few thoughtful readers to be beta readers for my upcoming novel:

GOD, ARE YOU MAD AT ME?
A raw, emotional, fiction-inspired-by-truth story of trauma, healing, and faith.

What’s a beta reader?
A beta reader is someone who reads the book before it’s published and tells me what they loved, what didn’t work, and what made them cry (hopefully in a good way).

You don’t need to be an editor—just a reader who cares.

I’m looking for 10–15 readers to help me shape the final version of this book.

You’ll get:

• Early access to the manuscript
• A peek behind the curtain
• A thank-you in the acknowledgments
• And my eternal gratitude

Interested?
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Let’s make something beautiful together!