Archive for February, 2010

Non-administration of inhaled steroids behind most asthma hospitalization cases

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

The fact that most asthmatic people do not take their inhaled steroid medications on time may be the reason behind a majority of asthma hospitalization cases, as per a research that featured in an issue of the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (JACI).
The JACI is the peer-reviewed scientific journal of the American Academy of [...]

Review of LABA medications, inhaled steroids, and asthma

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

A combination therapy involving airway opening drug and inhaled steroids having inflammation-minimizing characteristics rather than a normal steroid dose is better in order to prevent severe asthma attacks, as per a review of studies.
This study noted that high doses of steroids may do the trick for preventing the occurrence of asthma attacks.
From News-Medical.Net:

Asthma patients [...]

Analysis of Rituximab for membranous nephropathy

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

A drug that is currently used to treat varying severe health complications can be used to treat membranous nephropathy.
Rituximab, the drug, may prove effective for providing relief to patients suffering from membranous nephropathy. This finding appeared in the April 2009 print issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN).
From News-Medical.Net:
To investigate [...]

No additional benefits accrue from protein addition to sport drinks

Friday, February 12th, 2010

The addition of proteins to sport drinks is of no additional use, as per researchers at the McMaster University.The involved researchers remarked that cyclic time trial performance does not get any better when proteins are added to a carbohydrate-electrolyte sports drink.
From News-Medical.Net:
“Previous studies that suggested protein was beneficial used ‘ride to exhaustion’ tests that do [...]

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy patients benefit more from corticosteroids

Monday, February 8th, 2010

There is nothing better and reliable than corticosteroids that are recommended as a first-line therapy for DMD, according to a finding that was presented in a new practice guideline published in the Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
It was remarked by Richard T. Moxley III, MD, of the University of Rochester [...]

Steroids can effectively treat Pneumonia patients

Thursday, February 4th, 2010

A combination of steroids and antibiotics is a better option than antibiotics alone for patients suffering from pneumonia, as per scientists from the UT Southwestern Medical Center.
It was noted in a study available online that mice infected with a type of severe bacterial pneumonia and treated with a combination of steroids and antibiotics recovered faster [...]