Medical research
Computational method predicts new uses for existing medicines
For the first time ever, scientists are using computers and genomic information to predict new uses for existing medicines.
Aug 17, 2011
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News tagged with prednisolone
Medications
Prednisolone does not improve sense of smell after COVID-19
In a study executed by University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht, it has been demonstrated that prednisolone does not improve a patient's sense of smell after COVID-19. In addition, in most patients—irrespective of prednisolone ...
Nov 22, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Beta-blocker associated with better outcomes in treatment of infantile vascular tumors
Compared with oral corticosteroids, use of the beta-blocker propranolol for treatment of infantile hemangiomas (IHs) was associated with higher rates of lesion clearance, fewer adverse effects, fewer surgical interventions ...
Aug 15, 2011
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Arthritis & Rheumatism
Low-dose prednisolone significantly improves pain symptoms and function in hand osteoarthritis
The results of the low-dose prednisolone in patients with hand osteoarthritis (HOPE) study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2019) show that low-dose prednisolone significantly improves ...
Jun 12, 2019
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Medications
Abiraterone: Indication of considerable added benefit in certain patients
Abiraterone (trade name: Zytiga) has been approved since September 2011 for men with metastatic prostate cancer that is no longer responsive to hormone therapy and progresses further during or after therapy with the cytostatic ...
Jan 6, 2012
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Medical research
Scientists identify potential drug target for treatment-resistant anemias
Researchers at Whitehead Institute have identified a protein that is the target of glucocorticoids, the drugs that are used to increase red blood cell production in patients with certain types of anemia, including those resulting ...
Jun 9, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Taking oral glucocorticoids for 3 months or longer? Beware of osteoporosis!
Millions of people around the world are prescribed glucocorticoids for a wide variety of inflammatory conditions, including, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and inflammatory bowel diseases. Although they are effective and widely ...
Mar 27, 2012
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Surgery
Research examines effect of prednisolone in patients with Bell palsy
Treatment for Bell palsy (a condition involving the facial nerve and characterized by facial paralysis) with the corticosteroid prednisolone within 72 hours appeared to significantly reduce the number of patients with mild ...
May 21, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bell's Palsy treatment not being consistently applied, says study
Clinical treatment of the disfiguring condition Bell's Palsy - which affects around 1 in 60 people in their lifetime - is not consistently following the latest recommendations from research trials, a study led by the University ...
Jul 19, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Effective protection against hip fracture during cortisone treatment (Update)
There is effective protection against hip fracture for the many elderly people whose skeleton is declining in strength, as a side effect of cortisone treatment. If patients receive the osteoporosis medication alendronate, ...
Jul 11, 2017
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