Potential treatment for bone death identified

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a potential treatment for osteonecrosis or death of bone tissue.
The complication is noticed in individuals administered with steroids for multiple medical conditions and there is no treatment option presently for dealing with the debilitating disease.
From Sciencedaily.com:

Glucocorticoids cause reduced blood flow to bone cells in the [...]

Blood pressure medication can prevent damage to the Brain

A drug used to treat high blood pressure and prostate enlargement, Prazosin, can be used to guard the brain from any possible damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and schizophrenia.
The drug that is prescribed as an antipsychotic medication has the ability to block the increase of glucocorticoids, the steroid [...]

Potential bone death treatment in the hip from Osteonecrosis

A potential new treatment for the death of bone tissue or osteonecrosis in people who are treated with steroids for many common medical conditions was recently found by researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
Presently, no treatment options are available for people afflicted with this debilitating disease.
From Medicalnewstoday.com:

Glucocorticoids are a class [...]

Identification of potential treatment for osteonecrosis

Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a potentially new treatment for osteonecrosis or death of bone tissue. This treatment form can be used in cases of patients treated with steroids for different common medical disorders.
Currently, there are no treatment options to treat individuals affected with this debilitating disease.
From [...]

Steroids can reverse post-traumatic stress

According to researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center, working with mice, the natural stress hormone of the human body could prove useful for minimizing the fearful response associated with reliving a traumatic memory.
It was remarked by Dr. Craig Powell, senior author and assistant professor of neurology and psychiatry at UT Southwestern [...]

Activity of genes manipulated by steroid hormones

Scientists at the University of Bristol and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), USA have found that intermittent signaling by steroid hormones can affect the manner in which genes are expressed in rodents.
This research is expected to offer major implications for understanding how steroids work and can open novel avenues for new therapies. [...]

Intravenous Immunoglobulin minimizes insensitivity to steroids

Patients suffering from the severe form of asthma and insensitive to steroids need less of the medication besides spending less time in the hospital while using intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) in conjunction with steroids, as per a research published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
Erwin Gelfand, M.D., a pediatric immunology [...]

Rheumatoid arthritis curable with rituximab

Rituximab, which is used for treating rheumatoid arthritis, is not only safe but also very much effective at the same time as per the biggest study of its kind. The study results were presented for the first time at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, EULAR 2005, in Vienna.
Lead author, Professor Paul Emery from the [...]

Steroids in female mouse may cause male mouse to sing

According to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, a group of steroids found in female mouse urine goes straight to the male mouse’s head and may cause it to sing.
These particular steroids, known as glucocorticoids (GCC), are associated with energy metabolism, stress and immune function. It has not been actually established [...]

Steroids less effective in overweight with asthma

Glucocorticoids, commonly called steroids, were found to be 40% less effective in overweight and obese asthmatic patients than in lean asthmatic patients. The study was conducted by Dr. E. Rand Sutherland, MD, MPH and his colleagues at National Jewish Health. Nearly half of asthmatic patients are classified as either overweight or obese, with a body [...]