Steroid-Induced Bone Loss Better Treated With Denosumab? Steroid-Induced Bone Loss Better Treated With Denosumab?
Denosumab found to be superior to risedronate in the treatment of steroid-induced osteoporosis at 12 months, at least in terms of BMD, among patients starting steroid therapy or those who remained on it.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 10, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
ACR partners with MICCAI to make AI a clinical reality
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Video from ECR 2018: Wiro Niessen on how AI can help youComments:
3/30/2018 3:22:14 AMDr.Sardonicus
Very smart. What would you suggest as a target for AI. My list Fix voice recognition Searching the EMR for pertinent history. Be able to produce a list of physicians ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - March 30, 2018 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
Steroid Use Tied to Thromboembolism Risk in IBD Steroid Use Tied to Thromboembolism Risk in IBD
Steroid therapy is associated with an increased risk of venous thromboembolic events in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but biological therapy is not, researchers from Hungary report.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 27, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Gastroenterology News Source Type: news
Steroid Shots Seem Less Effective in Severe Knee OA
(MedPage Today) -- Presence of synovitis may not predict steroid therapy success (Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology)
Source: MedPage Today Rheumatology - May 21, 2017 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
Don't Repeal Me, Please!
I am luckier than most. After 20 years of having multiple sclerosis I am still relatively healthy. I have a spot on my foot which is mildly numb most of the time and markedly numb when I have an exacerbation. This is damage I got from not treating an exacerbation with steroid therapy. Sometimes when I am dancing I can feel weakness in my legs, but I still dance. I will always dance. Heat and I have a love/hate relationship. I love a sauna in January. That first sweat is such a cleansing feeling. But a prolonged heat wave in summer will sap me like an iPhone battery. I have extreme vertigo whenever I ride a canoe, an amusem...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - January 16, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Steroid-Naive COPD Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids in Steroid-Naive COPD
Explore the impact of inhaled corticosteroids on blood eosinophil levels among COPD patients who have not previously received steroid therapy.BMJ Open Respiratory Research (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - November 17, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Pulmonary Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Radiotherapy 'provides no benefit for secondary brain tumours'
Conclusion
This valuable trial questions the use of whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) for people with non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to the brain.
It shows the poor outlook in these people, with average survival time only being about nine weeks regardless of treatment.
Providing WBRT alongside standard care adds only about four to five days to life when adjusted for quality of life.
But the possible side effects of radiotherapy, which include drowsiness, hair loss and nausea, can seem unnecessarily harsh when life expectancy is already short.
The trial had many strengths, however:
It had a good sample size...
Source: NHS News Feed - September 5, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cancer Medical practice Source Type: news
Intranasal Steroids Underused for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Intranasal Steroids Underused for Chronic Rhinosinusitis
Topical intranasal steroid therapy is underused in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis despite consistent recommendations supporting it, researchers from Canada report.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines)
Source: Medscape Allergy Headlines - September 2, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Tags: Allergy & Clinical Immunology News Source Type: news
Recommended daily treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis underused
Topical intranasal steroid therapy continues to be underused for patients with chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) despite practice guidelines that recommend daily use, according to a study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 25, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Fewer Inhaled Steroids May Be OK for Asthmatic Children
FRIDAY, May 27, 2016 -- Inhaled steroid therapy is commonly used to treat asthmatic children with persistent, daily wheezing episodes.
However, a new study suggests that the powerful medicines may not be needed on a daily basis for kids whose... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 27, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Hear me roar: A mother hunts down answers for her son
If it’s true that raising boys is not for the fainthearted, then Nicole Laws is truly lionhearted. A nurturer and a protector, beautiful and strong, this mother of four boys will hunt down the best solution to a problem … no matter what stands in her way.
Mason was born on Jan. 28, 2011, in Syracuse, New York. A month premature, he struggled with eating and breathing, but Nicole wasn’t overly worried. “This was our fourth child. The first three had reflux, so I was thinking, ‘This will be a piece of cake!’” Mason was observed for a few days at the local hospital and sent home.
Unfortunately, Mason’s issues ...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - May 10, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Jenny Fernandez Tags: Diseases & Conditions Our Patients’ Stories Center for Airway Disorders Dr. John Lee Dr. Rachel Rosen Dr. Reza Rahbar Dr. Umakanth Khatwa laryngeal cleft Source Type: news
New study highlights diabetes link to glucocorticoid treatments for arthritis
A new UK study has provided insights into the potential risk of diabetes that exists for arthritis patients who are being treated with glucocorticoid therapy.This type of steroid therapy is a well-established therapeutic option that is prescribed to around half of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. However, it is a known risk factor for developing diabetes.The new research, led by the Arthritis Research UK Centre for Epidemiology at the University of Manchester, looked at the records of more than 20,000 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in the UK, and provided fresh evidence about how this association works.A greater ris...
Source: Arthritis Research UK - May 4, 2016 Category: Rheumatology Source Type: news
What Genetics are Associated with Multiple Sclerosis?
Discussion
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is “a chronic degenerative, often episodic disease of the central nervous system marked by patchy destruction of the myelin that surrounds and insulates nerve fibers, usually appearing in young adulthood and manifested by one or more mild to severe neural and muscular impairments, as spastic weakness in one or more limbs, local sensory losses, bladder dysfunction, or visual disturbances.”
It is a chronic disease and therefore symptoms must occur more than once. The first episode is called an acute demyelinating attack. Fifteen to forty-five percent of children with their first...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 4, 2016 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Synovial Tissue Volume May Be Tx Target in Knee OA (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Synovitis shrunk following steroid therapy and its uctuation was tied with severity of knee pain. (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - July 13, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news
