News tagged with corticosteroids
Ion channel responsible for pain identified by UB neuroscientists
University at Buffalo neuroscience researchers conducting basic research on ion channels have demonstrated a process that could have a profound therapeutic impact on pain.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Vitamin D may halt lung function decline in asthma and COPD
Vitamin D may slow the progressive decline in the ability to breathe that can occur in people with asthma as a result of human airway smooth muscle (HASM) proliferation, according to researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 20, 2009 |
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Researchers uncover biological rationale for why intensive lupus treatment works
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the biological rationale for why large doses of corticosteroids given repeatedly over several weeks may help individuals with lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jul 26, 2010 |
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'Antedrugs': A safer approach to drug therapy
Corticosteroids are powerful drugs used to treat inflammatory conditions such as asthma and other chronic diseases which has made them among the most widely prescribed drugs. Although the anti-inflammatory drugs offer swift ...
Apr 17, 2009 |
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New Way to Fight Fungal Infection
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases at Case Western Reserve University's School of Medicine, has discovered how the body ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 23, 2009 |
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'Difficult-to-treat asthma' may be due to difficult-to-treat patients
Difficult-to-treat asthma often may have more to do with patients who do not take their medication as instructed than ineffective medication, according to researchers in Northern Ireland.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Possible alternate therapy for adults with poorly controlled asthma
A drug commonly used for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) successfully treats adults whose asthma is not well-controlled on low doses of inhaled corticosteroids, reported researchers supported ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Sep 19, 2010 |
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Study Finds Post-Transplant Patients Off Steroids Have Fewer Cardiovascular Events
(PhysOrg.com) -- Post-transplant patients who have been removed from a corticosteroid regimen have fewer cardiovascular events than those patients on steroids, increasing their graft survival rates and reducing ...
May 05, 2010 |
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Nanoparticle therapeutics might help people suffering from hearing disorders
For millions of people hearing disorders make a negative impact on their lives. Scientists are looking into new ways of treating hearing disorders, by using different sorts of nanoparticles as original inner ear delivery ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Inhaled steroids increase diabetes risk, say researchers
Patients taking inhaled corticosteroids are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, and more so with higher doses, say researchers at the Jewish General Hospital's Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI) ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Researchers at Case Western Reserve discover a new way the body fights fungal infection
A team of researchers led by Amy G. Hise, M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor at the Center for Global Health and Diseases, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, is the first to discover how the body fights off ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jun 11, 2009 |
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Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may help treat severe hip pain
Ultrasound-guided cortisone injections may be an effective treatment method for gluteus medius tendinopathy, a common, painful condition caused by an injury to the tendons in the buttocks that typically affects middle-aged ...
Dec 22, 2009 |
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Desensitisation approaches effective against hayfever-like allergies
Immunotherapy given as pills or drops under the tongue is a safe and effective way to treat hayfever-like allergies caused by pollen and dust mites, according to a new Cochrane Systematic Review. The researchers say the ap ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Corticosteroid
Corticosteroids are a class of steroid hormones that are produced in the adrenal cortex. Corticosteroids are involved in a wide range of physiologic systems such as stress response, immune response and regulation of inflammation, carbohydrate metabolism, protein catabolism, blood electrolyte levels, and behavior.
Some common natural hormones are corticosterone (C21H30O4), cortisone (C21H28O5, 17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone) and aldosterone.
For more information about Corticosteroid, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
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