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U.S. health regulators approved Praxbind, a reversal agent made by Germany Private held Boehringer Ingelheim, for use in emergency situations by patients taking the company's widely used Pradaxa blood thinner. Praxbind, an intravenous injection, is the first reversal agent approved specifically for Pradaxa and works by binding to the drug compound to neutralize it.

The health ministry has permitted transfer of blood from one blood bank to another, a step that will help in transferring blood to the hospitals that face scarcity, an official statement said on Monday.

 A new radiation therapy, which has already been in use to treat prostate, brain, and head and neck cancers, also reduces chemotherapy side effects when administered in those afflicted with lung cancer, new research has found.

Excessive use of steroids is increasingly causing a slew of health complications including thinning of skin, high blood sugar level and weaker bones, doctors have warned.

Researchers from the New Jersey-based Rowan University are close to developing a blood test that can accurately detect the presence of Alzheimer's disease.

You should lose weight in case you are overweight in order to avoid cancer for a new study, which analysed data relating to more than five million people, has found links between obesity and cancer.

Researchers have discovered how an incurable type of blood cancer develops from an often symptomless prior blood disorder.

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Misuse of stimulants and a variety of other prescription medications is quite common among college students in the US, suggests new research.

The European project Venomics has succeeded in creating the largest database of toxins in history after analyzing 203 species of poisonous animals, which will in turn help develop new medicines.

Maharashtra Governor C.V. Rao on Saturday asked the Indian pharmaceutical industry to develop drugs for lifestyle diseases like diabetes, hypertension, cardiovascular ailments and tuberculosis, among others.