News tagged with steroids
Steroid injections prove effective in treatment of lumbar disc herniations
The use of epidural steroid injections may be a more efficient treatment option for lumbar disc herniations, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Specialty Day in ...
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Researchers find epidural steroid injections do not benefit spine patients
Researchers at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson examined data on patients being treated for lumbar stenosis and the degenerative spine condition spondylolisthesis and found that patients who received epidural steroid injections ...
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Steroids control gas exchange in plants
Plants leaves are sealed with a gas-tight wax layer to prevent water loss. Plants breathe through microscopic pores called stomata (Greek for mouths) on the surfaces of leaves. Over 40% of the carbon dioxide, CO2, in the ...
Feb 05, 2012 |
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Multiple medicines may double fall rate for young and middle aged
(Medical Xpress) -- Working-age adults who take combinations of prescription medication may be doubling their risk of serious falls at home according to research from The University of Auckland.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jan 23, 2012 |
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Researchers identify possible receptor for key breast cancer regulator
A key protein potentially involved in regulating breast cancer progression has been identified by researchers at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Led by professor Costel Darie, the team worked to identify the binding ...
Jan 13, 2012 |
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200 million use illegal drugs: Lancet estimate
About 200 million people around the world use illicit drugs, according to a study published on Friday in The Lancet.
Jan 06, 2012 |
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Get ready for spring - hay fever worse in spring than summer
Hay fever (runny nose, sneezing, itchy eyes) is caused by an allergy to pollen, and most commonly to grass pollen. These tiny grains bring misery to sufferers through spring and summer and pollen levels are often included ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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New discovery may lead to safer treatments for asthma, allergies and arthritis
Scientists have discovered a missing link between the body's biological clock and sugar metabolism system, a finding that may help avoid the serious side effects of drugs used for treating asthma, allergies and arthritis.
Dec 19, 2011 |
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Costly diagnostic MRI tests unnecessary for many back pain patients
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins-led research suggests that routine MRI imaging does nothing to improve the treatment of patients who need injections of steroids into their spinal columns to relieve pain. Moreover, MRI plays ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Football could contribute to strokes in adolescents
Young football players may be at higher risk for stroke, according to a new study released in Journal of Child Neurology (JCN).
Dec 08, 2011 |
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New approach to graft-versus-host treatment results in improvement for some patients
In a study that seems to pivot on a paradox, scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have used an immune system stimulant as an immune system suppressor to treat a common, often debilitating side effect of donor stem cell ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Stronger corn? Take it off steroids, make it all female
A Purdue University researcher has taken corn off steroids and found that the results might lead to improvements in that and other crops.
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Daily wheezing treatment no different from intermittent in toddlers
(Medical Xpress) -- Pediatricians often treat young children who have frequent bouts of wheezing with a daily dose of an inhaled steroid to keep asthma symptoms at bay. But results of a recent study are likely to change that.
Nov 24, 2011 |
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New anti-inflammatory drugs might help avoid side effects of steroids
A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs may one day serve as an alternative to steroid medications and possibly help avoid the serious side effects of steroids, based on research findings at the Salk Institute for Biological ...
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Pre-term babies' exposure to steroids associated with impaired brain growth
Premature infants exposed after birth to drugs known as glucocorticoids are at increased risk for having impaired growth of the cerebellum, according to findings from a new UCSF-led study. The cerebellum is a region of the ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Steroid
A steroid is a terpenoid lipid characterized by its sterane or steroid nucleus: a carbon skeleton with four fused rings, generally arranged in a 6-6-6-5 fashion. Steroids vary by the functional groups attached to these rings and the oxidation state of the rings. Hundreds of distinct steroids are found in plants, animals, and fungi. All steroids are made in cells either from the sterol lanosterol (animals and fungi) or from the sterol cycloartenol (plants). Both sterols are derived from the cyclization of the triterpene squalene.
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