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 [...]

Osteoporosis induced by steroids can be treated with Teriparatide

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

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 [...]

Yankees win fight to keep stadium records secret

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

John Egan Jr., the State Supreme Court Justice, has quashed a subpoena to grant access to thousands pages of documents pertaining to the new $1.5 billion stadium by Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. It was remarked by Egan that subpoenas should not be used as fishing expeditions.
The Yankees camp cheered the order after being buzzing with word [...]

Steroids and Sports: Relationship goes on and on

Friday, August 7th, 2009

The relationship between steroids and sports seems to have grown fully in the last few years. With more and more people and sportsmen getting drawn to steroids in one or the other way, there is no probability that steroids can be kept away from sports. This is perhaps the reason why we have been hearing [...]