FDA-approved drug helps treat rare immunologic disease, study finds Anjali Nimesh Nimesh21 May 2017 9:56 AM ISTAdding the injectable drug mepolizumab to standard treatment for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), a rare immunologic disease,...
Cataract Rates Continue to Increase, Remains Leading Global Cause of Blindness Anjali Nimesh Nimesh20 May 2017 9:55 AM ISTCataract is responsible for 51 percent of world blindness, according to the World Health Organization. In the United States, the current number of...
Steroids resistance harmful in severe asthma: New Study Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 July 2017 2:26 PM ISTResearchers from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences and UPMC have uncovered the molecular mechanism underlying corticosteroid...
Steroids not effective in chest infections in non-asthmatic adults : JAMA Anjali Nimesh Nimesh23 Aug 2017 11:30 AM ISTOral steroids should not be used for treating acute lower respiratory tract infection (or 'chest infections') in adults who don't have asthma or other...
Anabolic androgenic steroids may be associated with early coronary artery disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh7 Nov 2017 7:20 PM ISTAnabolic androgenic steroids may be associated with early coronary artery disease, according to research presented at the Brazilian Congress of...
Immunoglobulins provide symptom relief in pain in small-fiber polyneuropathy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh11 Nov 2017 7:05 PM ISTAn analysis of the medical records of patients treated at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) for an often-mysterious condition involving damage to...
World Diabetes Day: Things you need to know Anjali Nimesh Nimesh13 Nov 2017 7:00 PM ISTDiabetes is the general term used for conditions which lead to an increase in blood sugars and includes Type 1, Type 2, gestational diabetes and other...
Age, CRP levels useful guides for tapering biologics in rheumatoid arthritis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh24 Nov 2017 7:18 PM ISTRheumatoid arthritis patients in remission may experience more successful tapering of their biologic drugs if they meet a certain set of factors,...
Long-term Low-dose Steroids acceptable in Early RA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli1 Dec 2017 8:00 PM ISTIn the latest cohort study conducted by Dr.Camille Roubille and colleagues explored 7-year tolerability profile of glucocorticoids (GC) for early...
Are Steroids beneficial and safe in Pneumonia? Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli Kohli19 Dec 2017 8:30 PM ISTDr.Stern A and associates in a review examined effects of treating people with pneumonia using corticosteroids on numbers of deaths, response to...
Role of steroids in treating septic shock: NEJM Ruby khatun khatun22 Jan 2018 8:23 PM ISTThe results from the largest ever study of septic shock could improve treatment for critically ill patients and save health systems worldwide hundreds...
Asthma linked to infertility but not in women on inhaled steroids Anjali Nimesh Nimesh15 Feb 2018 7:25 PM ISTDr Luke Grzeskowiak from the Robinson Research Institute, University of Adelaide, Australia and associates studied the impact of asthma on fertility...
