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The Microvascular Research Foundation The Microvascular Research Foundation exists to develop effective, research-based treatment protocols for patients suffering from Long COVID

06/02/2026

Feeling Worse After Starting Long COVID Treatment?

Description: Starting Long COVID treatment can feel overwhelming, especially when symptoms flare or you feel worse before you feel better.

In this clip, Summer explains why recovery can feel like a roller coaster, why rest and hydration matter, and how patients can support their bodies through the early stages of treatment.

Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oyeWX61vhQ

06/01/2026

Early in Long COVID recovery, even things that usually feel helpful can sometimes make symptoms worse.

In this clip, Summer shares why deep tissue massage was too much for her body during treatment and what she recommends instead for sore, aching muscles.

Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oyeWX61vhQ

05/30/2026

Dr. Jordan Vaughn explains how Long COVID has changed the way he thinks about chronic illness, post-viral conditions, and patients who have often been dismissed by traditional medicine.

In this segment, he discusses how Long COVID has revealed deeper connections between infection-associated chronic conditions like ME/CFS, Lyme disease, POTS, immune dysfunction, fibromyalgia-type illness, and other complex symptoms that are often misunderstood.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/vf_rgwRvUYg

05/30/2026

The Patients Were Right About Long COVID

Dr. Jordan Vaughn explains how listening to Long COVID patients helped uncover patterns that traditional medicine often missed.

In this clip, he discusses how collaboration with researchers, physicians, and patients around the world has helped move the science forward. He also shares why patient-led insight matters, especially for chronic conditions that have often been dismissed or misunderstood, including Long COVID, Lyme disease, post-viral illness, EBV-related issues, immune dysfunction, and ME/CFS.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/vf_rgwRvUYg

05/29/2026

The Vascular Clue Behind Long COVID Symptoms

Dr. Jordan Vaughn explains why the vascular system may be central to understanding Long COVID symptoms.

In this clip, he discusses blood flow, clotting, vessel lining, venous disease, and how impaired circulation may help explain symptoms like brain fog, shortness of breath, and post-exertional malaise. He also shares why looking beyond traditional approaches may be important for patients still searching for answers.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/vf_rgwRvUYg

05/28/2026

Why Western Medicine Struggles With Chronic Illness

Dr. Jordan Vaughn explains why Long COVID has exposed major gaps in the way Western medicine understands chronic illness.

In this clip, he discusses how collaboration with researchers, physicians, and patients around the world helped uncover patterns that were often missed in traditional medical silos. He also shares why patient experience matters, especially in conditions like Long COVID, Lyme disease, post-viral illness, EBV-related issues, immune dysfunction, and ME/CFS.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/vf_rgwRvUYg

05/27/2026

Dr. Jordan Vaughn explains why blood flow may be a missing piece in understanding Long COVID, POTS, and chronic post-viral symptoms.

In this clip, he discusses emerging research on pelvic venous disease, iliac vein compression, and how impaired blood flow back to the heart may affect the lungs, brain, and overall quality of life. He also shares why listening closely to patients has been essential in uncovering clues that traditional approaches may have missed.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/vf_rgwRvUYg

05/26/2026

Dr. Jordan Vaughn explains why Long COVID symptoms may be connected to changes in the vascular system, blood flow, clotting, and the veins.

In this segment, he breaks down how issues like preload failure, venous compression, POTS, dysautonomia, brain fog, shortness of breath, and post-exertional malaise may all point to a deeper circulation problem that traditional medicine often overlooks.

Watch the full interview here:

https://youtu.be/vf_rgwRvUYg

05/26/2026

When the Protocols Failed, This Doctor Tried Something Different

Dr. Jordan Vaughn says physicians are called to come alongside patients in their time of need; not shrink back when a disease is difficult, new, or misunderstood.

In this clip from The Long Haul with Summer, Dr. Vaughn explains why early intervention, informed consent, and the patient-physician relationship mattered so much during COVID, especially when traditional protocols were falling short.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/vf_rgwRvUYg

05/25/2026

She Looked Fine, But Felt Like She Was Dying Inside

ER nurse Rachel Lowry says she looked like she was functioning on the outside, but inside, she felt like she was dying.

In this clip from The Long Haul with Summer, Rachel shares the frustration of trying to explain serious symptoms while test results kept coming back “normal.” As both a patient and an ER nurse, she understood the system — but she also knew that being told “nothing is wrong” was not good enough.

Watch the full interview here: https://youtu.be/ofq1T9--eZ0

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