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Steroid induced osteoporosis is common among patients under the maintenance of drugs such as prednisone, prednisolone, dexamethasone and cortisone. These types of steroids are called glucocorticoids. These hormones are created naturally by the body to facilitate decrease in inflammation among patients with autoimmune disease. Patients with lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease and asthma commonly take [...]

According to a recently concluded study, steroid treatment on a daily basis can help boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy previously unable to walk for long on their own can benefit to a considerable extent apart from reducing the risk of scoliosis.
The results were part of a study that was published in the May 8, 2007, [...]

A research team from the Seoul National University Bundang Hospital in Seongnam, led by Dr. Jeong-Whun Kim concluded that intervention with glucocorticoids and mometasone nasal spray can significantly improve olfactory function in patients with post-viral olfactory loss.
Out of 71 patients examined in a research, 28 patients were administered oral prednisolone for 2 weeks while 43 [...]

In 2003, Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative was incriminated of providing anabolic steroids, HGH and other performance-enhancing drugs to professional players in the MLB and in US Track and Field. Several of those athletes include Jason Giambi, Bill Romanowski and Marion Jones.
Perhaps, baseball is the sport with the biggest steroid controversies. Some of the grandest and [...]

The FDA has approved the “compassionate case” waiver of NeoVista, Inc. for utilizing its novel wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) treatment of a patient with an advanced disease form.
The procedure was performed by Dr. Carl Awh, President of Tennessee Retina, and an investigator in NeoVista’s ongoing Phase III study, CABERNET (CNV Secondary to AMD Treated [...]

Bernardino Jimenez was a young child in San Pedro de Macoris with dreams of making it big in the world of professional baseball. Life was heaven for him when he signed to the Arizona Diamondbacks’ training squad in 2008 but destiny had something else stored in for him. An agent injected him with a mixture [...]

After 20 month-long probe, a major drug bust was carried on at Hopkins County.
Detectives searched the home of 35-year-old Adam Parker. Various items utilized to fabricate and deal controlled substances were seized. Moreover, 150 vials of anabolic steroids were also confiscated.
According to authorities, Parker was the primary distributor of anabolic steroids and other controlled [...]