In an article appearing in the October issue of Gastroenterology, Dr. Michael P. Manns and his colleagues said that a combination of budesonide plus azathioprine attains and maintains remission of autoimmune hepatitis as well as standard prednisone therapy does, while sparing patients many of the adverse effects of steroids.
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February 4, 2011 | Posted in
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An Adelaide doctor, who had ambitions of cycling for Australia, has been handed over a suspension from the sport for a period of two years after testing positive to steroids.
Steve Sabine was suspended after the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority conducted an in-competition test on him at the South Australian Criterium Championships.
From TheAustralian.com.au:
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January 20, 2011 | Posted in
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A study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions has disclosed that asthma treatment can be made effective by adding new drugs or increasing the doses of steroids.
The study was published online March 2, 2010, by the New England Journal of Medicine and presented the same day at the American [...]
January 19, 2011 | Posted in
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Increasing doses of steroids or addition of more drugs to steroid treatment can help young children with asthma in an effective way, as per a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions.
The study was published online March 2, 2010, by the New England Journal of Medicine and [...]
December 31, 2010 | Posted in
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An inflammatory condition, Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE), can be better treated with use of oral, swallowed, or sprayed steroids. This finding was revealed by researchers from the Indiana University School of Medicine and Riley Hospital for Children.
Steroid use could bring significant patient improvement but there is a possibility of relapse when the use is [...]
December 14, 2010 | Posted in
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A review of the literature by researchers at the University of Auckland has suggested that the age-old myth that treatment with steroids lead to progression of osteoarthritis knee is just a myth.
According to Associate-Professor Bruce Arroll, from the School of Population Health at the University, Osteoarthritic knee pain is one of the leading causes of [...]
September 16, 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
June 30, 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
June 25, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a new study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine and other institutions, children suffering with asthma and continuing to have symptoms while making use of low-dose inhaled corticosteroids can expect benefit from increasing the dosage or adding one of two asthma drugs.
Results of the study, called BADGER (Best ADd-on therapy Giving [...]
May 25, 2010 | Posted in
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Results from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW) have suggested that there is a failure to perceive the implications of critical risk factors among women even though they are at increased risk for fractures associated with osteoporosis.
The study from GLOW, which is based at the Center for Outcomes Research at the University [...]
May 25, 2010 | Posted in
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