COVID Increases the Risk of Heart Failure by 72% in Unvaccinated People, Even in Mild Cases

Heart check.Photo: Getty COVID-19 illness, even mild cases, can leave people with asignificantly higher risk of life-threatening heart problems, anew study found. In one of the largest analyses yet of the long-term effects of COVID-19, researchers found that the virus drastically increases the chance of heart issues like failures, strokes and irregularities, and the potential of deadly blood clots in the legs and lungs for at least a year after infection.

COVID Infection Increases the Risk of Developing Diabetes, Multiple Studies Find

Diabetes monitoring.Photo: GettyDoctors have long known thathaving diabetes puts patients at a higher riskof severe illness if they contract COVID-19. But now, several recent studies are pointing to COVID-19 causing people to develop new cases of diabetes.The results were consistent across two studies from the U.S. and abroad: Those who recovered from COVID-19 were at a significantly higher risk of beingdiagnosed with diabetes.In one large study using data from the U.

COVID Is Killing Rural Americans at Twice the Rate of People in Urban Areas

Photo: Getty Rural Americans are dying of COVID at more than twice the rate of their urban counterparts — a divide that health experts say is likely to widen as access to medical care shrinks for a population that tends to be older, sicker, heavier, poorer and less vaccinated. While the initial surge of COVID-19 deaths skipped over much of rural America, whereroughly 15%of Americans live, nonmetropolitan mortality rates quickly started to outpace those of metropolitan areas as the virus spread nationwide before vaccinations became available, according to data from theRural Policy Research Institute.

COVID Is Linked to Erectile Dysfunction — So Doctors Are Urging Vaccination 'for Your Penis'

COVID-19 can wreak havoc on people’s bodies in many ways. There are the severe cases where people struggle to breathe, develop blood clots and in some cases, die. And then there are mild effects, like loss of sense of smell and taste, exhaustion and coughing. And a new PSA wants to bring attention to a lesser-known, but problematic side effect — a higher risk of erectile dysfunction. In it, guys think back fondly to their first erections and the ones since, with one man saying he thinks “it was at the library,” while another confidently remembers his first came while watching “the 1996 Olympics.

COVID Leaves British YouTuber Grace Victory in Medically Induced Coma One Day After Giving Birth

Grace Victory.Photo: grace victory/ Instagram British YouTube starGrace Victoryis fighting for her life after her coronavirus diagnosis took a turn for the worse following the birth of her son on Christmas Eve. After experiencing breathing issues, the 30-year-old British vlogger “was admitted into intensive care on Christmas Day” and then placed in a medically induced coma, her family said. “She’s currently stable but please keep her in your thoughts & prayers,” the message continued.