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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Women are at a higher risk of osteoporosis-associated fractures but still most of them are unaware of this condition, according to a serious international public health concern that was raised by researchers after results from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW).
The study also suggested that there is a [...]
May 4, 2010 | Posted in
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Corticosteroids can be effectively used to treat patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), according to a new practice guideline published in the Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
It was remarked by Richard T. Moxley III, MD, of the University of Rochester in Rochester, N.Y. and lead author that corticosteroids can be [...]
April 8, 2010 | Posted in
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Autoimmune hepatitis (AIH) is a chronic liver inflammation of unknown etiology that is characterized by the presence of circulatory autoantibodies and persistent damage to liver tissue.
In the past few years, it has been discovered that certain agents such as drugs and viruses can possibly trigger the course of self-induced liver damage.
A recent case published on [...]
December 25, 2009 | Posted in
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Steroid pill treatment can prove to be an effective option for improving the overall survival rate of patients with multiple myeloma, as per researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that takes about 14,000 lives in the United States alone.
James Berenson, M.D., lead author of the Southwest Oncology Group sponsored [...]
November 10, 2009 | Posted in
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