Steroids could turn out to be an effective option to delay or prevent kidney function loss in patients with IgA nephropathy, a type of kidney disease, as per a finding published as part of a study in an issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN).
IgA nephropathy is an [...]
December 30, 2010 | Posted in
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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 [...]
June 30, 2010 | Posted in
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Patients suffering from asthma and resistant to steroids experience repeated asthma attacks and the risks of death are greater for such patients.
According to researchers from King’s College London, vitamin D3 can substantially improve the responsiveness of these patients to steroid treatment to offer a hope of an improvement in their condition.
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June 7, 2010 | Posted in
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The risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) related lymphoma is reduced to a significant extent when oral steroids are used for a period of two or more years, as per a recent study.
Furthermore, these positive effects were noticed regardless of when in the course of the disease the steroids were initially administered. It was, however, disclosed [...]
April 7, 2010 | Posted in
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The probability of heart damage in children with Kawasaki’s disease is reduced to a considerable level when steroids are combined with the standard treatment, as per a study in the October issue of Pediatrics.
The study was able to point out some knowledge discrepancies as presently laid down guidelines recommend that steroid treatment has no benefits [...]
February 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Some children suffering from asthma may be genetically less responsive to inhaled corticosteroids, as per a recent study.
Gregory Sawicki, M.D. of Children’s Hospital in Boston remarked that there can be varying reasons for this finding and noted that a similar thought was expressed by many studies involving adult asthma patients as even rigorous use of [...]
February 1, 2010 | Posted in
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According to a study that was co-authored by Dr. Joan Bregstein of the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia University Medical Center, steroid treatment is not effective and does not prevent hospitalization or improve bronchiolitis’ respiratory symptoms for infants.
This multicenter study was published in an issue of New England Journal of Medicine and [...]
January 4, 2010 | Posted in
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A new hope has been provided to thousands of patients who turned deaf due to an immune system attack by a latest research at the University of Michigan’s Kresge Hearing Research.
This study is expected to help patients in finding out of steroids can help them find great relief and if they can do so without [...]
December 27, 2009 | Posted in
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According to a study in the October issue of Pediatrics, steroids when added to the standard treatment can considerably minimize the probability of developing heart damage in children with Kawasaki’s disease.
It is worth noting that these study finding address a gap in knowledge as present guidelines from the American Academy of Pediatrics state that the [...]
December 22, 2009 | Posted in
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According to a recent report, the risks of stridor and reintubation in selected high-risk patients can be reduced to a significant extent by administering steroids at an earlier stage, at least four hours before extubation.
Dr. Samir Jaber from University of Montpellier I in France and colleagues conducted a quantitative meta-analysis of seven studies in order [...]
November 5, 2009 | Posted in
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