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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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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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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Most children with a condition that causes a temporary weakness or paralysis of the muscles in the face recover without medication within six months, according to a new study.
Sep 8, 2022
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A study of over 20,000 Twitter posts has revealed that less serious side effects of steroids worry patients the most.
Feb 12, 2018
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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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Steroid medications inhibit the activity of brown fat, which is the "good," calorie-burning fat humans and animals have, Australian researchers have discovered. They will present their study findings Saturday at the Endocrine ...
Apr 3, 2016
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The addition of steroids to tuberculosis (TB) therapy can offer anti-inflammatory benefit to patients with tuberculous pericarditis, a rare cardiac manifestation of TB.
Sep 2, 2014
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Four weeks of treatment with a combination of the drug pentoxifylline and the corticosteroid prednisolone did not improve 6-month survival compared with prednisolone alone in 270 patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis, ...
Sep 10, 2013
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The results of a pioneering UK-wide clinical trial that compared treatments for patients with a common type of kidney disease has found one to be significantly more effective. The results of the study, published online in ...
Jan 9, 2013
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