Study finds brain abnormalities 'common' in Covid-19 patients

A new study is shedding light on how Covid-19 is disrupting normal brain function in infected patients. Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine reviewed 84 studies involving more than 600 patients who had been diagnosed with Covid-19. The median age was 61, and two-thirds of the patients were men, while one-third were women. The study's authors examined the results of patients' electroencephalograms — known as EEGs, the tests detect abnormalities in brain waves, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine — and found that brain abnormalities in Covid-19 patients were "common". "Diffuse slowing of the brainwaves was the most common finding, which suggests that the brain is not...