Young sportsmen will soon get a big relief as Texas is about to stop testing high school athletes for steroids.
This move will come after two years of steroid test sampling in which only 19 out of more than 45,000 tests were positive.
Presently, Texas is one of the three states in the United States of America [...]
February 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Sympathetic ophthalmia, which is a rare but potentially devastating eye condition, can be prevented with a new surgical implant. In addition to that, the new device can also eliminate dependence on systemic immunosuppression for this rare complication.
Retisert, a surgical implant, is under the testing stage by University of Iowa ophthalmologists and colleagues, for preventing complete [...]
February 22, 2010 | Posted in
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Patients suffering from recurrent glioblastoma, which is a deadly form of brain cancer, can now expect great relief coming their way after a recent study suggested that the use of Avastin, alone or as a combination therapy can help them improve response rates, survival rates, and progression-free survival times.
Dr. Timothy Cloughesy, director of the Neuro-Oncology [...]
February 21, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a new study published in the September issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP), patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) using inhaled corticosteroids may have a significantly reduced mortality risk.
It was revealed by the research that patients administrated with inhaled corticosteroids within one month of [...]
February 20, 2010 | Posted in
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Adults as well as young asthmatic patients get better relief with corticosteroids than with cromolyn when it comes to breathing deeper and making lesser use of inhalers, as per a review of studies that were aimed at making comparisons between the two asthma treatment options.
James Guevara, M.D., of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine [...]
February 19, 2010 | Posted in
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The effectiveness of inhaled corticosteroids is greater in comparison to that of cromolyn when it comes to asthma management, as per a review of recent studies comparing the two treatments.
It was noted during the study that asthmatics treated with corticosteroids made lesser use of inhalers and showed positive signs of breathing than those treated with [...]
February 19, 2010 | Posted in
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Capsaicin, which is presently used to turn up heat in jalapeqos, may be good in one more thing.
The pepper component may have the ability of driving and killing prostate cancer cells, as per a team of researchers from the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in collaboration with colleagues from UCLA.
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February 18, 2010 | Posted in
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Clinical outcomes for patients suffering from asthma are better with oral controllers than with inhaled corticosteroids.
This finding was disclosed by Mayo Clinic Proceedings that were published in a peer-reviewed comparative effectiveness study performed by HealthCore, Inc. in its August edition.
The study was initiated for ensuring that the drug formulary of WellPoint’s National Pharmacy and Therapeutics [...]
February 18, 2010 | Posted in
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People suffering from chronic headaches find no additional benefits when locally injected steroids are added to the local anesthetics, according to a study by neurologists at the Jefferson Headache Center at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia.
The study was based on results after observing 29 men and women with chronic headaches, divided into two groups. [...]
February 17, 2010 | Posted in
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The risk of cerebral palsy may increase with repeated courses of a drug, betamethasone, used for improving the survival of unborn premature babies.
This finding was disclosed according to results from a multi-center study, funded by the National Institutes of Health and led by Ronald Wapner, M.D., professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Columbia University Medical Center [...]
February 17, 2010 | Posted in
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