The stage was set for Alex Rodriguez to hit No. 599 or even 600 but baseball fans were left disappointed at the Yankee stadium on Wednesday. However, they soon a new reason to cheer as a new kid on the baseball ground, Colin Curtis, hit his first home run in the major leagues.
Celebrating the [...]
August 14, 2010 | Posted in
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Some children afflicted with asthma may not be able to derive as many benefits as other children when it comes to treating asthma with steroids. This finding was disclosed by a new study presented at the American Thoracic Society.
Gregory Sawicki, M.D. of Children’s Hospital in Boston, disclosed that young children are not able to benefit [...]
August 13, 2010 | Posted in
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Victor Conte, the BALCO founder, remarked that the recently formulated anti-doping fight that is symbolized by collection of blood samples from minor league players is fundamentally flawed.
It was further remarked by Conte that players will be aware of blood tests in advance and this appears more to him as ‘announced’ or ‘IQ’ testing [...]
August 12, 2010 | Posted in
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Patients undergoing transplantation of the bone marrow and experiencing development of rashes on a regular basis can benefit from a simple blood test that can solve a treatment-based issue presently faced by doctors.
James Ferrara, M.D., Ruth Heyn Endowed Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases and director of the bone marrow [...]
August 11, 2010 | Posted in
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Alex Rodriguez, who is about to hit the 600-home run mark, is in no mood to talk about steroids these days. Some former baseball players and fans have already stopped counting A-Rod’s home runs after the 553rd when he admitted to use of steroids.
It is not clear whether ESPN will flash a graphic of the [...]
August 10, 2010 | Posted in
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Bone loss, which is a common side effect of treatment based on steroids for adults, does not affect children with nephrotic syndrome who are administered with steroid drugs.
Childhood nephrotic syndrome, which is believed to affect 3 out of 100,000 children, results in reduced ability of the body for removing salt and water from [...]
August 9, 2010 | Posted in
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Investigators have revealed that Forteo or injectable Teriparatide is better than Fosamax or oral Alendronate when it comes to enhancing the level of bone mineral density (BMD) by as much as two times, in a head-to-head comparison.
Philip N. Sambrook, M.D., of the University of Sydney, remarked that teriparatide can be prescribed as a first-line therapy [...]
August 2, 2010 | Posted in
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Multiple courses of steroids administered to expectant mothers can prove to be extremely useful to enhance the survival rate of preterm babies, as per a recently concluded study.
The study disclosed that use of steroids by expecting women in preterm labor could be more than just useful for minimizing the need of [...]
August 1, 2010 | Posted in
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Inhaled steroids can lead to reduced mortality risk in patients afflicted with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Use of steroids by COPD patients keep them better protected than those not making use of them, according to Christine Macie, MD, FCCP, Cambridge Hospital, Ontario, Canada and author of the study.
From Bio-medicine.org:
“Our results indicate that the [...]
July 31, 2010 | Posted in
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Digibind, a drug which is presently prescribed to patients suffering from complications of the heart, can prove useful to provide relief to expecting mothers with severe preeclampsia.
The drug is presently being evaluated for efficacy by researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.
From News-Medical.Net:
“Preeclampsia is the No. 1 killer of pregnant [...]
July 30, 2010 | Posted in
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