HEALTH

Jordan, the dominant athlete of my lifetime, a global icon, and widely regarded as the greatest basketball player in history, is now fat.

Maggie Daley, who served 22 years as Chicago's First Lady, died shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, at the age of 68.

Mark Pearson, head of the OECD health division attributes the higher prices to lack of ‘an effective government mechanism that acts to keep prices down.’ That's simply not there in the U.S. system. So it's a structural defect, he said.

A judge on Thursday set a $15,000 bond for fake doctor Oneal Ron Morris, a 30-year-old transgender woman who has been accused of running a black market business injecting people with a toxic substance to make them curvier. Authorities have also arrested a second person in connection with the notorious toxic tush case in South Florida.

Former professional wrestler Andre Davis on Wednesday was convicted of 14 felonious assault counts after being accused of having sex with several women without telling them he had tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

The medicinal value of cannabis is a controversial topic. The debate centering on the legality of its use in certain situations has been unresolved for decades now, fueled, to some extent, by the U.S. federal authorities refusal to accept its possible medicinal uses. That refusal has hit the billion dollar marijuana industry hard in recent times.

Bacteria lurk on just about every surface in public restrooms, from toilets to faucets to floors, according to a new study. The good news is that most of cataloged microbes were relatively harmless and came from human skin.

Slimmed-down songbird and actress Jennifer Hudson clarified that is she getting married to fiancé David Otunga and even gave dating advice to women who are looking for love in Los Angeles.

Young adults who take oral antibiotics for acne may be more likely to get sore throats, according to a new study.

People who are underweight have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery than patients who are overweight, according to new research released on Monday.

Three Former Synthes Inc. officials Monday were sentenced to jail for the unapproved medical trials of a bone-cement drug in spinal surgeries that left three people dead.

Oneal Ron Morris, 30, has been charged with practicing medicine without a license with serious bodily injury. Authorities have found no phone listing for Morris. In Florida, practicing medicine or attempting to practice medicine without a license is a third-degree felony. Anyone caught may face a prison term of up to five years and be fined up to $5,000 per count if convicted.

According to reports by the WORLD Health Organisation, there has been a four-fold increase in polio cases in Nigeria.

More people than ever are living with the AIDS virus but this is largely due to better access to drugs that keep HIV patients alive and well for many years, the United Nations AIDS program (UNAIDS) said on Monday.

Overweight adults eat less often than people in the normal body weight range, but still take in more calories and are less active over the course of the day, according to a U.S. study.

Canada and Mexico won a trade case against a U.S. law on meat labeling at the World Trade Organization on Friday.

Speculation that Aishwarya Rai had a C-section was liad to rest with Amitabh Bachchan revealing more details of the birth of his granddaughter on November 16.

With U.S. food banks facing a shortage of turkeys this season, Thanksgiving Day will not be the same for some Americans this year. Because of the nation's bad economy, the number of turkey donations will be reduced drastically.

Former Pennsylvania State University football coach Joe Paterno has lung cancer, his son said in a statement. Scott Paterno told The Associated Press in a statement that his father has a treatable form of the pulmonary disease and that he is currently being treated.

Dance therapy, a field expected to grow 15 percent by 2018, uses the body's movement as a door to mental and physical health.

The number of Americans newly infected with syphilis has fallen for the first time in a decade, but sexually transmitted diseases continue to take a staggering toll on the United States, with 19 million new infections each year at a cost of $17 billion annually.

The House of Representatives dealt a blow to childhood obesity warriors on Thursday by passing a bill that abandons proposals that threatened to end the reign of pizza and French fries on federally funded school lunch menus.

A new mouthwash that promises to eliminate tooth decay in our lifetime has opened up new research into treating dental ailment. Developed by the UCLA School of Dentistry, the new mouthwash targets the Streptococcus mutans bacteria that primarily cause tooth decay and cavities.

Canada's public healthcare system is becoming too expensive but could offer better value without drastic cuts or abandoning its state-funded structure, one of the country's most influential economists said on Thursday.

Canada can expect significant positive news on Friday from a World Trade Organization ruling about a U.S. meat labeling law, Canadian government sources said on Thursday.

IBTimes interview with Paul Kramer.

Study shows neurons sense nutrient balance in diets.

The GAVI international immunizations group has agreed to fund the roll-out of vaccines against cervical cancer in developing countries, offering protection against a disease that kills one woman every two minutes.

Superbugs capable of evading even the most powerful antibiotics are increasing their grip in Europe with rates of drug resistance in one type of bacteria reaching 50 percent in the worst-hit countries, health officials said Thursday.