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According to investigators from the Jewish General Hospital’s Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) in Montreal, inhaling corticosteroids can elevate chances of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Findings of the study suggested asthmatics and those suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) taking corticosteroids may be at a considerable risk.
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According to a team from the University of California, corticosteroids showed a neutral response to eye ulcers when considered cumulatively.
These steroids are expected to aid patients who were infected with more severe kinds of bacterial corneal ulcers.
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The team observed that steroid therapy apparently showed some enhancement of vision in persons afflicted with [...]

A consensus has emerged that corticosteroids provide major benefits in patients with severe sepsis or septic shock, according to Dr. Djillali Annane said at the 12th International Congress on Infectious Diseases.
Dr. Annane of the University of Versailles, France, remarked that these benefits come only low doses of corticosteroids administered for at least [...]

The combination of steroids and antibiotics is better than the use of antibiotics alone for providing relief to patients suffering from pneumonia, according to a team of researchers from the UT Southwestern Medical Center.
This study disclosed that the combination can prove its worth by restoring health of patients with pneumonia.
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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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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, [...]

At the annual meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI) in Seattle, new findings concerning the use of chronic corticosteroid were revealed.
According to Rebecca Green, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Mo., corticosteroids have long been regarded to be nothing short [...]