News tagged with steroid injections

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New research could extend life of arthritic joints

A medication already approved to build bone mass in patients with osteoporosis also builds cartilage around joints and could potentially be repurposed to treat millions of people suffering from arthritis, according to orthopaedic ...

Medical research created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Biomarker may signal whether common back pain treatment will work, doctor finds

A new study from researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine has identified a unique protein complex that can be used to predict whether an epidural steroid injection will help relieve pain caused by a herniated ...

Medical research created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Etanercept - genetically engineered compound for back pain - falls short: study

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 ...

Medical research created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Steroid injections prove effective in treatment of lumbar disc herniations

The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in ...

Health created Feb 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rare US fungal meningitis outbreak grows; 5 dead (Update)

(AP)—A fifth person has died in a growing outbreak of a rare form of meningitis that has sickened more than two dozen people in five U.S. states.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Early clinical observations in the fungal meningitis outbreak

A new article being published early online in Annals of Internal Medicine describes the diagnosis and treatment protocol established in a Roanoke, Va. hospital to care for dozens of patients presenting with suspected fungal ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Steroid injection linked to increased risk of bone fractures

Patients treated with an epidural steroid injection for back pain relief are at increased risk of bone fractures in the spine, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 25, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0