Make the Diagnosis: Athlete's Leg Pain
(MedPage Today) -- Case Study: A fourteen-year-old boy presented with an eleven-day history of pain and weakness in the right thigh and knee. The symptoms developed after a fall while jumping and somersaulting during a basketball game. The pain had begun four hours after the incident, and later that night he could not stand from a sitting position because of progressive pain and weakness. The next day, radiographs of the sacrum and pelvis revealed normal findings. The patient was prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication and discharged.
Ten days later, the patient presented again with persistent right knee pain...
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 2, 2014 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
RA Meds May Lower Fertility
(MedPage Today) -- The use of prednisone and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may contribute to the subfertility common among women with rheumatoid arthritis, Dutch researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - May 17, 2014 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Doctors: More Young People Developing Osteoporosis
BOSTON (CBS) – Physicians often refer to osteoporosis as a “Silent Problem” because many patients don’t know they even have it until after they break or fracture a bone.
Now an increasing number of young people are developing this bone loss disease. Dr. Nathanial Clark, an endocrinologist at Beth Israel Deaconess in Plymouth, said, “Far more commonly what we are referring to are people generally say in the 40-60 year range, that are being looked at more carefully than previously, whereas before we looked mainly at people who were over the age of 65-70.”
Faye Lakeman found out her bones were slowly deteriora...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - May 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: deanreddington Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Watch Listen anti-depressants Dr. Mallika Marshall osteoporosis Prednisone Secondary Osteoporosis Source Type: news
Bayer starts patient enrolment in Phase III prostate cancer trial
Bayer HealthCare has started patient enrolment in a new Phase III trial of radium-223 dichloride (radium-223, Xofigo) in combination with abiraterone acetate and prednisone/prednisolone to treat asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic chemotherapy-naïve p… (Source: Drug Development Technology)
Source: Drug Development Technology - April 4, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Osteoporosis and long-term prednisone: What is the risk?
Can long-term use of prednisone increase your risk of osteoporosis? (Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - March 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dexamethasone Tames Acute Asthma in Kids, With Less VomitingDexamethasone Tames Acute Asthma in Kids, With Less Vomiting
Children with acute asthma exacerbations who were given 1 to 2 doses of dexamethasone had equivalent relief compared with those who were given a 5-day course of prednisone, and they had less vomiting. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 10, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Study Links Steroid-Dependent Asthma to DepressionStudy Links Steroid-Dependent Asthma to Depression
People with severe asthma who rely on prednisone are more than three times more likely to be depressed than those with severe cases who don't use prednisone and those with mild to moderate asthma. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - February 10, 2014 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pulmonary Medicine News Source Type: news
Lenalidomide Plus Dex Trumps Standard Tx in Multiple MyelomaLenalidomide Plus Dex Trumps Standard Tx in Multiple Myeloma
Combining lenalidomide with low-dose dexamethasone improved progression-free survival as first-line tx in multiple myeloma, compared with the standard melphalan, prednisone plus thalidomide. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 8, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Treating RA in Mom Doesn't Weaken Baby's Bones (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Neither the use of prednisone nor the presence of active disease in pregnant women with rheumatoid arthritis lowered their children's bone mineral density later in childhood, Dutch researchers found. (Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Pediatrics - November 22, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Source Type: news
Evidence for Improved Patient Quality of Life With Prostate Cancer Drug
Abiraterone acetate in combination with prednisone delays pain progression as well as health-related quality of life compared with prednisone alone in prostate cancer patients, a new study shows. (Source: Cancer Network)
Source: Cancer Network - September 30, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Abiraterone acetate delays quality of life decline in men with metastatic prostate cancer
(University of North Carolina Health Care) Abiraterone acetate, a recently FDA-approved drug used to treat men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, significantly delays progression of pain and quality of life deterioration when taken in conjunction with prednisone. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - September 24, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Promising new muscular dystrophy treatment
A preclinical study led by researchers at Children's National Medical Center has found that a new oral drug shows early promise for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The results, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, show that the drug, VBP15, decreases inflammation and protects and strengthens muscle without the harsh side effects linked to current treatments with glucocorticoids such as prednisone. Duchenne muscular dystrophy results in severe muscle degeneration and affects approximately 180,000 patients worldwide, mostly children... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Muscular Dystrophy / ALS Source Type: news
New muscular dystrophy treatment shows promise in early study led by Children's National
(Children's National Medical Center) A preclinical study led by researchers at Children's National Medical Center has found that a new oral drug shows early promise for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The results show that the drug, VBP15, decreases inflammation and protects and strengthens muscle without the harsh side effects linked to current treatments with glucocorticoids such as prednisone. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - September 17, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
New muscular dystrophy treatment shows promise in early study
A preclinical study led by researchers in the United States has found that a new oral drug shows early promise for the treatment of muscular dystrophy. The results, which are published today in EMBO Molecular Medicine, show that VBP15 decreases inflammation in mice with symptoms similar to those found in patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The authors found that the drug protects and strengthens muscle without the harsh side effects linked to current treatments with glucocorticoids such as prednisone... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 11, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Muscular Dystrophy / ALS Source Type: news
Pop Quiz: GI Concerns
Ulcerative colitis, pregnancy...and prednisone? How would you handle a UC flare in this patient? (Source: Consultant Live)
Source: Consultant Live - July 25, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
