Certain antidepressants bump up risk of cataract

The risk of cataract is increased to a considerable extent when seniors make use of SSRI antidepressants, according to a study aimed at examining the interactions associated with such antidepressants. The associated risk can go as high as 15 percent and could mean 22,000 more cases of cataract attributable to antidepressant [...]

Benefits inconsiderable and risks high with anti-aging hormones

A leading medical authority has condemned the use of anti-aging hormones in response to a recently released report “The use of hormones for “anti-aging”: a review of efficacy and safety,” by the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council.
Dr. Thomas T. Perls, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine appreciated the example demonstrated [...]

Transforaminal injection of steroids advantageous than placebo

Transforaminal injection of steroids is a practical substitute to surgery in context to lumbar radicular pain due to disc herniation, according to a recently concluded study by researchers from Australia.
Editorial author Dr. Ray Baker remarked that the study results are principally impressive while taking into consideration the stringent study design.
From Esciencenews.com:

Transforaminal injection—the injection of steroids [...]

No future steroid use for Tony Glaus

Troy Glaus of the Cardinals has decided that there will be no anabolic steroids for him in the future. This decision was in response to his meeting with Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak to discuss a newspaper report that Glaus engaged into use of steroids in 2003 and 2004 for recovering from shoulder [...]

Anabolic steroids bring relief to Dialysis patients

Usage of anabolic steroids could possibly enhance lean body mass and minimize fatigue to a significant extent in kidney disease patients receiving dialysis, according to a new study.
The results of this study were published in an issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
From News.bio-medicine.org:

In a randomized, double blind trial, 29 [...]

Steroids can facilitate sore throat pain management

According to a Mayo Clinic study published in an edition of Laryngoscope, a single 10 mg dose of the steroid dexamethasone could be useful in terms of efficiency, safety, and affordability in relation to treatment of bacterial or viral pharyngitis (sore throat).
In a study that involved 118 patients, it was reported that patients administered with [...]

Loss of substance could be reversed by steroids

Use of steroids can prove their worth for reversal of a loss of myelin that is a major problem in multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases and injuries linked with the peripheral and central nervous systems besides being useful for reducing inflammation, according to scientists from the University of Illinois.
It was [...]

Greg LeMond subpoenaed in probe

The Federal authorities have served a grand jury subpoena to the three-time Tour de France champion, Greg LeMond, in context of investigation of fraud and doping accusations involving Lance Armstrong and his cycling teams.
LeMond has been asked to offer documents pertaining to Lance Armstrong and his last four teams: United States Postal Service, Discovery Channel, [...]

Estrogen leads to reduced airway constriction among women patients with asthma

Female sex hormones such as estrogen and progesterone can work with beta-agonists in order to reduce the level of airway constriction, as per a new bench research from the Mayo Clinic.
It was remarked by lead student researcher, Elizabeth A. Townsend, of the Mayo Clinic Department of Physiology and Biomedical Engineering that it will be of [...]

Alex Rodriguez still ruling after 600th home run

The seventh and youngest player in Major League Baseball history to hit 600 career home runs, Alex Rodriguez, may have been left relieved by burden of attaining the 600th home run in the past but he is now a free man but still under pressure to sustain.
A-Rod is keen to prove his [...]