Gene activity can be influenced to a considerable extent via intermittent signaling by steroid hormones, according to a research by scientists at the University of Bristol and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA. These findings were published online and appeared in the September 2009 issue of Nature Cell Biology.
It is considered that the findings would [...]
Skin-associated toxicities can be avoided to a considerable level with a pre-emptive and prophylactic skin regimen in patients administered with for treating metastatic colorectal cancer.
Edith Mitchell, M.D., a clinical professor in the Department of Medical Oncology at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, presented data for this study. This study was co-led by Dr. [...]
Children being administered with steroids and exposed to the virus of chicken pox run a high risk of experiencing a more severe form of virus, as per pediatric oncologists at Brenner Children’s Hospital, part of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center.
A new research published in the October issue of Pediatrics has revealed that young children [...]
Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone can be used to treat glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP), as per a recent study.
It was found by the involved researchers that patients with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and administered with teriparatide for a period of 36 months displayed a higher increase in the level of bone mineral density and [...]
People with HIV and being administered with anabolic steroids for preventing AIDS wasting tend to experience modest gains in terms of body weight and muscle mass as per findings brought to the notice by a new review.
This review appeared in an issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization [...]
The use of systematic fluoroquinolones, a class of antibiotics, which are used for treating a constellation of bacterial infections, can result in double vision as per a review of the safety and effectiveness of a commonly-used corneal transplant procedure that was highlighted by September’s Ophthalmology, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology (Academy).
It was [...]
The bodies of black asthmatic children are more likely to resist steroid treatment for curing asthma as per the results of a research conducted at the National Jewish Medical and Research Center.
Joseph Spahn, M.D., a pediatric allergist and director of the Immunopharmacology Lab at National Jewish, was of the view that black children are more [...]