According to a report in the May issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, sinus surgery undertaken using an endoscope is becoming very popular to manage chronic sinus disease among Medicare beneficiaries.
Chronic rhinosinusitis is characterized by symptoms including runny nose, headache, congestion, facial pressure, and [...]
Researchers from the German Sport University Cologne in Germany recently remarked that non-steroidal and tissue-selective anabolic agents such as Selective Androgen Receptor Modulators (SARMs) are being sold on the black market for their performance enhancing qualities.
Since SARMs provide benefits on the lines of traditional anabolic/androgenic steroids such as testosterone and result [...]
According to researchers at National Jewish Health in a paper published online in the Journal of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, low levels of vitamin D have an association with greater medication use and lower lung function in children with asthma.
Vitamin D enhances the activity of most effective of all asthma control medications, corticosteroids, as per [...]
A new drug, Telaprevir, was suggested as an effective option for treating hepatitis C virus (HCV), even in difficult-to-treat cases, as per research presented at Digestive Disease Week® (DDW®).
It was remarked by Philip S. Schoenfeld, MD, MSEd, MSc (Epi), associate professor of Medicine University of Michigan School of Medicine that hepatitis [...]
Testosterone has been blamed as the only reason behind many bad things in the world but the biggest rap comes from the biomedical world that has maintained a possible elevated testosterone levels and a suppressed immune system.
However, a biologist at Washington University in St. Louis has suggested a completely changed role for [...]
According to two new reviews of previous medical studies, the traditional medical treatment form of persistent cough may not prove to the most effective as perceived previously.
The first review concluded that antibiotic treatment could prove useful for children with moist cough lasting for a period more than 10 days and the second review suggested that [...]
There are no benefits of coronary artery results for children with Kawasaki’s disease by going for primary therapy with a pulse of methylprednisolone. This finding was disclosed during a multicenter US trial representing the first randomized & placebo-controlled evaluation of the addition of pulsed steroids to the standard regimen for [...]
Researchers from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Asthma Clinical Research Networks at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference in San Francisco evaluating children suffering from asthma, inhaled steroids, as well as asthma and obesity have presented their research findings.
Wayne Morgan, M.D., of the University of Arizona Health [...]