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Marketed as a safer alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, electronic cigarettes could actually damage cells in ways that could lead to cancer, suggests new research.

People with asthma may be at increased risk of shingles, a common form of painful skin rash caused by the varicella zoster virus, says a new study.

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Indians are three times more prone to cardiac arrest than Americans owing primarily to poor lifestyle, eating habits and genetic reasons, medical experts have said.

Eating too much is typically considered as one of the prime reasons for obesity but when people eat what they consider to be healthy food, they eat more than the recommended serving size because they associate "healthy" with less filling, say researchers, including one of Indian-origin.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited  and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd made the below follow-up announcement regarding the overview of their new business venture in Japan, which was initially disclosed on November 30, 2015 in the press release titled, "Teva and Takeda establish unique partnership to meet the wide-ranging needs of patients and growing importance of generic medicines use in Japan".

LabStyle Innovations Corp., developer of the Dario Diabetes Management Solution, announced that the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, including its components, the Dario Blood Glucose Meter, Dario Blood Glucose Test Strips, Dario Glucose Control Solutions and the Dario app on the Apple iOS 6.1 platform and higher.

Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a specialty pharmaceutical company, announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Docetaxel injection, non-alcohol formula for the treatment of breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, prostate cancer, gastric adenocarcinoma, and head and neck cancer. Eagle entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Teikoku Pharma USA Inc. in October 2015 to market, sell and distribute Docetaxel injection in the US.

Blocking a naturally occurring protein responsible for transporting fats like cholesterol around the body may help increase your lifespan, new research has found.

Premature birth, a leading cause of death of newborns worldwide, could be prevented by blocking a molecule in the uterus, suggests a new research.