Ask yourself fit – the health podcast with Doc Esser and Anne. August 30, 2024. 45:19 min. Available until August 30, 2026. WDR 2.
The pandemic is over. Nevertheless, Corona is still on our minds. Doc Esser and Anne classify the published RKI files, talk about what may have been problematic in retrospect – but also about post-COVID and the new vaccine. Next week, Anne and Doc Esser will talk about everyday life with cancer. How important is exercise in therapy? After that, it’s about the power of thoughts. Feel free to send your questions to docesser@wdr.de or via WhatsApp to 0170 – 91 83 576.
These are the topics in this episode of the health podcast: (01:29) Doc Esser and Anne remember the beginnings of the pandemic (06:52) School closures and isolation: What made sense and what didn’t? (15:54) Was the “Swedish way” better? (24:27) The new vaccine and side effects (33:29) Post COVID: Are there therapies that promise a cure? You can find the episode “Colds, torn ligaments, etc. – When do you need a break from exercise?” here: You can listen to the podcast “Fighting Long Covid” with Visa Vie here: Next week, Anne and Doc Esser talk about everyday life with cancer. How important is exercise in therapy? After that, it’s about the power of thought. Feel free to send your questions to docesser@wdr.de or via WhatsApp to 0170 – 91 83 576. Doc Esser talked about these studies in the episode: Children and the viral load Terry C. Jones et al. ,Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course.Science373,eabi5273(2021). Study on rheumatism and the corona vaccination Machado PM, Lawson-Tovey S, Strangfeld A, et alSafety of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: results from the EULAR Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) physician-reported registryAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2022;81:695-709. Heart attacks and the corona vaccination Schlimpert V. Risk of a heart attack after COVID-19 vaccination. CME (Berl). 2022;19(3):28-29. Myocarditis following vaccination with Spikevax vaccine Buchan SA, Seo CY, Johnson C, Alley S, Kwong JC, Nasreen S, Calzavara A, Lu D, Harris TM, Yu K, Wilson SE. Epidemiology of Myocarditis and Pericarditis Following mRNA Vaccination by Vaccine Product, Schedule, and Interdose Interval Among Adolescents and Adults in Ontario, Canada. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2218505. Post-COVID sufferers Davis, HE, McCorkell, L., Vogel, JM et al. Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. Nat Rev Microbiol 21, 133–146 (2023). Disturbance of microcirculation in COVID-19 Rovas A, Kümpers P. Disturbance of microcirculation in COVID-19 [Impairment of the microculation in COVID-19]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2021 Sep;116(6):530-534.
These are the topics in this episode of the health podcast:
(01:29) Doc Esser and Anne remember the beginnings of the pandemic
(06:52) School closures and isolation: What made sense and what didn’t?
(15:54) Was the “Swedish way” better?
(24:27) The new vaccine and side effects
(33:29) Post COVID: Are there therapies that promise a cure?
The episode “Cold, torn ligaments and the like – When do you need to take a break from sports?” can be found here:
You can listen to the podcast “Fighting Long Covid” with Visa Vie here:
Next week, Anne and Doc Esser will talk about everyday life with cancer. How important is sport in therapy? Then we’ll talk about the power of thought. Send your questions to docesser@wdr.de or via WhatsApp to 0170 – 91 83 576.
Doc Esser subsequently spoke about these studies:
Children and the viral load
Terry C. Jones et al. ,Estimating infectiousness throughout SARS-CoV-2 infection course.Science373,eabi5273(2021).
Study on rheumatism and the corona vaccination
Machado PM, Lawson-Tovey S, Strangfeld A, et alSafety of vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 in people with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: results from the EULAR Coronavirus Vaccine (COVAX) physician-reported registryAnnals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2022;81:695-709.
Heart attacks and the corona vaccination
Schlimpert V. Risk of a heart attack after COVID-19 vaccination. CME (Berl). 2022;19(3):28-29.
Myocarditis after vaccination with Spikevax vaccine
Buchan SA, Seo CY, Johnson C, Alley S, Kwong JC, Nasreen S, Calzavara A, Lu D, Harris TM, Yu K, Wilson SE. Epidemiology of Myocarditis and Pericarditis Following mRNA Vaccination by Vaccine Product, Schedule, and Interdose Interval Among Adolescents and Adults in Ontario, Canada. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Jun 1;5(6):e2218505.
Affected by post-COVID
Davis, H.E., McCorkell, L., Vogel, J.M. et al. Long COVID: major findings, mechanisms and recommendations. Nat Rev Microbiol 21, 133–146 (2023).
Disturbance of microcirculation in COVID-19
Rovas A, Kümpers P. Disturbance of microcirculation in COVID-19 [Impairment of the microculation in COVID-19]. Med Klin Intensivmed Notfmed. 2021 Sep;116(6):530-534.
