HEALTH

Thomas Beatie, a transsexual who made headlines for giving birth to three children as a legally recognized male, has spilt from his wife of three years.

Bedbug infestations are on the rise, especially in offices and schools. Here's how to prevent them and kill the little pests.

As the U.S. Supreme Court ponders the fate of healthcare reform in the current election year, a study released on Thursday shows that one in four working-age Americans went without insurance at some point in 2011, often as a result of unemployment and other job changes.

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb moves eyes and tries to speak in hopeful signs of recovery.

Getting workout drilled into your daily routine is no doubt challenging, leaving you hung up with a hundred excuses not to do it. When it is fun, you’re more likely to find enjoyment in it.

New guidelines issued by the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes recommend a patient-centered approach towards diabetes treatment.

Researchers developed a blood test that may make screening for depression as easy as testing for diabetes.

A new vaccine aimed at treating an aggressive form of brain cancer extended the expected survival rat by almost 50 percent.

You may not have realized it, but synthetic marijuana is being sold in gas stations and convenience stores. Under the names K-2 and Spice, this synthetic drug aims at being a legal way to get a herbal high. Many states have banned the drugs though because they are made from dangerous chemical concoctions, reports the Christian Science Monitor.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday in favor of a generic drugmaker in a case over how companies can fight brand-name rivals in an effort to get their cheaper medicines to market. Caraco, a unit of India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, argued that the description of the patent for the diabetes drug, Prandin, was too broad and therefore prevented any generic from entering the market. It raised a counterclaim to challenge the description.

Cakes filled with edible insects in various attractive shapes were on display at the University of Wageningen, Netherlands, on Monday to promote the idea of having insects to meet the needs of protein-rich diet for a rising population.

Need a way to clean a wound that is having difficulty healing? Believe it or not, maggots may be the answer. Medicinal maggots are specially prepared for human therapeutic purposes, says a statement on Health Canada. These maggots are raised by companies in a controlled environment, and not found in nature.

Children exposed to a common pollutant in the womb are more likely to be obese by age 7, according to a new study

Researchers identified a genetic link for osteoporosis, and hope the finding can lead to better treatment of the disease.

For a 28-year-old Chicago woman a Megadeth/Motorhead concert got a little too hot and heavy for her. After having sex in the bathroom of Chicago's Aragon Ballroom with a man with a red Mohawk, black pentagram gauges and viper piercings, this metal head is soon to be a metal mom.

The number of children who die from accidental injuries is on the decline, even though suffocation and poisoning deaths are on the rise.

A new crash diet has women putting feeding tubes into their nose in order to lose weight quickly.

Chin implants, also known as chinplants, were the fasting growing surgery of 2011.

The newest trend in extreme dieting, The K-E Diet, is gaining momentum in terms of popularity, namely with brides-to-be, as the diet boasts anywhere from a 10-20 pound rapid weight loss in as little as 10 days through the use of a feeding tube. But how far is too far when it comes to shedding the pounds?

Yellowfin tuna used in sushi and sashimi dishes across the nation have been linked to a salmonella outbreak that has made more than 100 people sick in 20 states.

Because of a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly infections, the Moon Marine USA Corp., aka MMI, of Cupertino, Calif., is voluntarily recalling 58,828 pounds of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product labeled as Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced.

Seizures may be one of the most common symptoms of epilepsy, but the two are not always linked, a new study has found.

Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer signed into law on Thursday a controversial bill that bans most abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, giving Republicans a win in ongoing national efforts to impose greater restrictions on abortion.

Birth control pills that contain drospirenone, a synthetic version of the hormone progesterone, must contain a warning to consumers stating that they may cause blood clots, the FDA mandated

Overall, 52.6 percent of Brazilian men and 44.7 percent of women are overweight.

U.S. regulators on Wednesday urged food producers to voluntarily stop using antibiotics in livestock for non-medical uses as part of a broad effort to prevent the rise of drug-resistant superbugs. The FDA said antibiotics should only be used under the supervision of a veterinarian to prevent or treat illnesses in animals. It asked companies to start phasing out the use of antibiotics for non-medical purposes.

India and China are headed for an absolute catastrophe of death and disease because of likely massive jump in asbestos-related diseases in the coming decades, says a report written by Pulitzer winning journalist Gary Cohn.

Yaz and other new birth control brands will be printed with blood clot risk warning labels, the U.S Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday.

Argentina woman Anaila Bouter gave birth to her child prematurely on April 3. The 29-year-old mom had only been 26 weeks pregnant. What was to be her fifth child, the hospital in Resistencia informed the mother that the baby was stillborn. Bouter received a death certificate for her baby daughter, but a miracle happened 12 hours later.