A recent study discovered that steroid injection produces a molecular response to tissue similar to that of a tendon injury. Patients who were treated with steroids injection due to rotator cuff injury or any tendon injury actually experienced temporary weakening of their tissues. Because of this, they are advised to return to their regular activity [...]
A class of compounds called benzothiazepine has been reportedly emerging and might be out in the market soon. However, current standard testing still cannot trace this particular class of compounds. These compounds are in the early stages of development and have not even been tested on humans, although it already underwent several trials using animals.
Benzothiazepines [...]
A particular type of steroids known as glucocorticoids (GCC), were found in female mouse urine and goes straight to the male mouse’s head. Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found the compounds activate nerve cells in the male mouse’s nose with unprecedented effectiveness.
Glucocorticoids are mainly involved in energy metabolism, stress [...]
Ulcerative colitis is believed to have stemmed from an immune abnormality. Steroids are long known to be the second line therapy for ulcerative colitis if remission cannot be achieved by salazosulfapyridine or mesalazine, the first line of treatment. Steroids, however, especially its long term use can have various side effects.
A research team headed [...]
A recent analysis of a major trial highlighted the risk in COPD patients citing a link between increased risks of pneumonia and inhaled steroid therapy.
According to the first detailed analysis of safety data obtained from the influential TORCH study, there is a risk of pneumonia with inhaled steroid therapy by as much as 50 percent. [...]
As per a gold-standard Cochrane review that analyzed data on more than 21,000 patients, it was found that steroids turn out to be as effective and beneficial as vitamin D analogues when it comes to topical treatment of chronic plaque psoriasis.
It was also found that a combination of steroids and vitamin D is the best [...]
Before using this drug known as Dianabol, women should check out first for sensitivity to the drug as it may cause side effects different from that of men. Dianabol has been used widely all over the world that both men and women are now using this substance squarely, uniformly, and similarly in their power lifting [...]
A recent study conducted by Professor Sergio Recabarren of the University of Concepcion in Chile showed that low sperm count and motility can be traced back during a male’s fetal develoment. A developing fetus is vulnerable and its growth may be greatly influenced by several factors in the environment. Among them includes exposure [...]
The spinal cord rests inside the spinal canal. There are nerve roots branching out from the spinal cord at each level of the spinal vertebra. During a nerve root compression, the spinal nerve root is commonly compressed by an inflamed herniated intervertebral disc or the disc contents.
Lumbar radiculopathy is an irritation of a spinal nerve [...]
As per a new review by researchers from Israel, steroid nasal sprays can prove to be highly effective for easing the associated symptoms of acute sinusitis along with facilitating speedy recovery. The nasal steroid sprays can be taken in combination with an antibiotic therapy or separately.
Sinusitis is an inflammation concerning the mucous membranes, which lines [...]