Children who use inhaled steroid drugs for asthma end up slightly shorter at their full adult height than children who don't use the drugs, new results from a comprehensive asthma study show.
Sep 3, 2012
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In the eyes of young college men, it's more unethical to use steroids to get an edge in sports than it is to use prescription stimulants to enhance one's grades, according to new research published by the American Psychological ...
May 8, 2012
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Despite the great promise that injecting a new type of anti-inflammatory pain medicine into the spine could relieve the severe leg and lower back pain of sciatica, a Johns Hopkins-led study has found that the current standard ...
Apr 16, 2012
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Glucocorticoids are a type of steroid hormone that are used to treat everything from asthma to arthritis, but the impact of these powerful anti-inflammatory drugs – particularly in prolonged, low-doses – remains ...
Mar 22, 2012
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(Medical Xpress) -- Working-age adults who take combinations of prescription medication may be doubling their risk of serious falls at home according to research from The University of Auckland.
Jan 23, 2012
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About 200 million people around the world use illicit drugs, according to a study published on Friday in The Lancet.
Jan 6, 2012
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Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body's biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that may help avoid the serious side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis.
Dec 19, 2011
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A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs may one day serve as an alternative to steroid medications and possibly help avoid the serious side effects of steroids, based on research findings at the Salk Institute for Biological ...
Oct 25, 2011
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A discovery by scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies might explain why some premature infants fail to respond to existing treatments for a deadly respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and offers clues for ...
Oct 18, 2011
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Ibuprofen, naproxen, and related non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) – the subjects of years of study – still have some secrets to reveal about how they work.
Sep 25, 2011
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