After nearly one month on life support, a transgender woman has died after receiving illegal silicone injections during a party at a private home in San Diego.

Patricio Gonzalez, and at least nine others, were injected at a so called "pumping party" on June 19, where she received silicone injections to her hips, buttocks, cheeks and lips

Dutch researchers say that obese men may be less physically fit than obese women, due to the fact they are more likely to have diabetes or pre-diabetes, and tend to have more abdominal fat.

A study of 56 obese men and women, awaiting weight-reduction surgery, showed the women in the group were better able to tolerate exercise. The team at Hospital Reinier de Graaf in Groep, in the Netherlands, found this could probably be explained by the way body fat is distributed

A study from the University of Michigan claims rich people die differently from the rest of the population.

The study, appearing in the August issue of the Journal for Palliative Care, says wealthier people are less likely than poor ones to suffer pain at the end of their lives, and wealthier elders experienced a lower number of symptoms overall

A survey released Thursday reveals two-thirds of women have no health insurance, and more than a quarter of young and middle-aged U.S. women went without medical care last year because of insufficient funds.

A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that a growing number of women are forgoing screening tests, such as mammograms, and are not talking to their doctors about important health issues such as smoking, alcohol use, and calcium intake

18 people have died and 150 more have been hospitalized after drinking contaminated water in Pakistan. Thirty people are also said to be in critical condition.

Abdur Rahim, a doctor at the local Civil Hospital says the deaths occurred over the past two days. Water samples have been sent to a lab to find the cause of the contamination