Mary Van Doorn was just 21 when she was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. She had no symptoms at the time, and her diagnosis was discovered during routine blood work during a physical. Van Doorn tells Yahoo Life that her diagnosis felt “random,” given that she felt fine. So she “basically pretended that I didn’t hear…
This one indicator more than doubles your mortality rate, a recent study finds. Doctors have long known that certain preexisting health conditions can make a patient's experience with the novel coronavirus much more severe and potentially deadly. But growing research is painting a broader picture of other indicators that could signal health issues for anyone…
For the sake of your cookout, don't mess up your burgers. (iStock)From gas leaks to charred meat, to mixing cooked and raw, here's what not to do this grilling season if you want to stay healthy.1. Assuming your grill is ready to go A little preparation goes along way when it comes to preparing for a…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…