Dr. Deborah Duricka—assistant professor at the University of Alaska—received a Solve M.E. Ramsay grant in 2023 to study whether a procedure called stellate ganglion block (SGB) can help patients with Long Covid. The stellate ganglion is important for automatically controlling certain bodily functions, like heart rate, blood pressure, and sweating. Injecting an anesthetic into the stellate ganglion (the SGB) can help reduce symptoms associated with Long Covid, for example by restoring prop...
