Neuroscience
Find relief for achy hands and wrists
Peripheral nerves connect your brain and spinal cord to the rest of your body. The peripheral nerves in your arms and hands allow you to move and to feel.
Jun 15, 2021
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News tagged with steroids
Medical research
COVID treatment guidelines could be contributing to rise in black fungus in India
One of the more recent and worrying consequences of COVID-19 in India is the emergence of mucormycosis and other fungal co-infections.
Jun 4, 2021
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Vaccination
Rashes can occur after COVID vaccine, but dermatologists say 'don't worry'
(HealthDay)—Dermatologists liken skin to a window that can reveal what is going on inside the body, and a rash that sometimes follows a COVID-19 vaccine is one example.
Apr 15, 2021
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Inflammatory disorders
Sensor tracks cortisol levels in real time
Skoltech researchers have developed a prototype of a fluorescence-based sensor for continuous detection of cortisol concentrations in real time, which can help monitor various health conditions. The paper was published in ...
Apr 13, 2021
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Medical research
Fungi are present in your lungs
The lungs were for a long time considered to be sterile in health, while in diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) failure in immune mechanisms were thought to allow microorganisms to proliferate and persist. ...
Apr 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
What are the risk factors for experiencing side effects from childhood cancer treatments?
Steroids are essential for treating children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a type of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, but they can cause severe side effects such as psychological reactions and sleep problems. An ...
Apr 7, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women who experience stress around the time of conception are twice as likely to give birth to a girl
Scientists from the University of Granada have analyzed the levels of cortisol (a steroid hormone that is released in response to stress) in the hair of pregnant women in the period spanning from before conception to week ...
Apr 6, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anabolic androgenic steroids accelerate brain aging
Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS), a synthetic version of the male sex hormone testosterone, are sometimes used as a medical treatment for hormone imbalance. But the vast majority of AAS is used to enhance athletic performance ...
Mar 25, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Steroid abuse by men leads to long-lasting impaired testicular function
Illegal use of anabolic steroids not only has dangerous side effects during use but also can harm of men's testicular function years after they stop abusing steroids, according to a study published in the Endocrine Society's ...
Mar 9, 2021
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Medications
Common asthma treatment reduces need for hospitalization in COVID-19 patients, study suggests
Early treatment with a medication commonly used to treat asthma appears to significantly reduce the need for urgent care and hospitalization in people with COVID-19, researchers at the University of Oxford have found.
Feb 10, 2021
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