Traumatic injuries of brain not curable with steroids

As per a research, people afflicted with traumatic brain injuries must not be administered with steroids for reducing the associated inflammation.
It is believed that nearly 1.4 million people in the United States alone suffer from traumatic injuries of the brain leading to 50,000 deaths.
From Bio-medicine.org:

Researchers involved about 10,000 patients for the study, [...]

Use of inhaled corticosteroids can be stopped by Cystic fibrosis patients

There are no differences in terms of benefits when comparisons are made between cystic fibrosis (CF) patients on inhaled corticosteroids and those who didn’t use inhaled steroids for a period of six months, as per a finding presented in an issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and [...]

Alternative offered for Cox III inhibitors

Orthogen AG, the German biotech-company, has offered an alternative by presenting the results of a new osteoarthritis trial with Orthokine.
Orthogen CEO Prof. MD. Peter Wehling in Dusseldorf/North-Rhine-Westfalia, said that the Orthokine-therapy is safe and effective and clinical results suggest it is far superior to those achieved using standard hyaluronic acid injection therapy and placebo.
From News-Medical.Net:

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Protein inactivation by estrogen can minimize stroke damage

Researchers from the Medical College of Georgia have found out that estrogen has the potential of halting damage caused by stroke by inactivating a tumor-suppressing protein regarded for preventing many forms of cancer.
Limor Raz, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the MCG School of Graduate Studies, remarked that this research suggests that estrogen suppresses p53, the [...]

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 [...]

Anabolic Steroids help HIV people put weight and muscle mass

Patients suffering from HIV and treated with anabolic steroids for preventing AIDS wasting seem to experience modest gains in muscle mass and weight, according to suggestions of a new review.
This review covered 13 studies of adults aged 24-42 with HIV. While 294 of them received anabolic steroids, 238 were administered with placebo. It was noticed [...]