Multiple-course steroid treatment guards lungs of preterm babies

According to a study, multiple-course steroid treatment can prove to be an effective treatment option to improve the survival rate of preterm babies.
Ventilation becomes necessary for children when nursing mothers avoid steroid treatment, as per Sanjiv Amin, M.D., assistant professor of Pediatrics at the University of Rochester Medical center and author [...]

Corticosteroids effective for offering relief to UV patients

According to one of the leading research and advisory firms worldwide for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, Decision Resources, Abbott/Eisai’s Humira will be earning Gold Standard Status for Ulcerative Colitis in 2012.
It was found by Decision Resources that therapy effects in induction of remission having implications for researchers in moderation to [...]

Alendronate not better than Teriparatide for Osteoporosis induced by steroids

Investigators have found, in a head-to-head comparison, that injectable teriparatide (Forteo) is able to increase bone mineral density (BMD) by as much as twice when compared to oral alendronate (Fosamax).
Teriparatide is associated with greater improvements in BMD at the spine and the hip, as per Kenneth Saag, M.D., of the [...]

Muscle and weight gains possible with anabolic steroids for HIV patients

Use of anabolic steroids by HIV patients can help them attain modest weight and muscle mass gains, as per a recently concluded review.
The review appeared in an issue of The Cochrane Library, which is a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration.
From News-Medical.Net:

Anabolic steroids are synthetic substances similar to the male sex hormone testosterone [...]

Long walks can be a dream coming true with steroids

Young boys with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (MD) can realize their dreams of walking for long (three additional years) when they are administered with corticosteroids on a daily basis.
The finding was revealed in a study supported by the General Clinical Research Center at the Ohio State University and the National Center [...]

Reversal of Court ruling urged in Bonds Case

A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court heard listened to arguments from prosecutors and lawyers for Barry Bonds to find out if prosecutors should be allowed to use positive steroid drug tests as evidence at perjury trial of Bonds.
Bonds was indicated in year 2007 on charges that he did not spoke truth [...]

Steroid association leads to job termination of Red Fox Staffers

During an investigation by Major Baseball League, two security staff members of the Boston Red Sox were fired last year for their involvement in steroids.
The incident was reported by The Boston Globe. It was revealed that there was no evidence suggesting that the staff had sold performance enhancing drugs to players [...]

Multiple myeloma patients can expect considerable relief with drug combination

A combination of lenalidomide and dexamethasone can prove effective for treating patients with multiple myeloma. This finding was disclosed during a study a study conducted at 44 centers in the United States and Canada and involving 353 patients with myeloma.
Pairing a new derivative of thalidomide with a steroid can be used to [...]

Asthmatic children can benefit from steroid dose increases or drug combination

Young children suffering with asthma can expect significant relief when doses of steroids are increased or more drugs are added to the asthma therapy, as per a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions.
Robert C. Strunk, M.D., and Leonard B. Bacharier, M.D., both Washington [...]

Treatment of muscle atrophy success with appetite stimulating hormone

A form of ghrelin, the appetite-stimulating hormone found in the body, was found effective to provide significant relief to people suffering from muscle atrophy, according to the results of an animal study that were presented at the Endocrine Society’s 91st Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.
Des-acyl ghrelin, a form of ghrelin, is [...]