One study found that 71 of 73 patients had applied fluorinated corticosteroids before onset (Sneddon, 1972). A more recent study of children and adolescents identified a history of topical ...

Steroids for COPD include oral steroids, inhaled steroids, and combination inhalers. Each type comes with its own benefits and side effects. While no cure currently exists for COPD, several types ...

Taking prednisone can make the liver resistant to insulin, raising blood sugar levels and potentially leading to steroid-induced diabetes. Steroids may also worsen existing diabetes symptoms.

But are you familiar with diabetes caused by anti-inflammatory medicines like steroids? According to research published in Pharmacological Reports, the incidence of steroid-induced high blood ...

In closed Facebook groups and online forums, she slowly got to know the world of steroids and other performance and image-enhancing drugs. "As a middle-aged woman, at first I was ignored in a lot ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. ­— In 1945, Grand Rapids, Michigan, became the first city in the world to add fluoride to its drinking water. Five years later, U.S. federal officials endorsed water fluoridation, with ...

Therapeutic weight management remains one of the options for the treatment of excess weight and associated comorbidities. In this study, the therapeutic potential of elocalcitol, a fluorinated ...

Doctors may recommend oral or infused steroid therapy for severe multiple sclerosis flare-ups that impact your functioning. Treatment with steroids can cause side effects. If you have multiple ...

Lautenberg Environmental Health Sciences Laboratory, Department of Environmental Medicine and Climate Science, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York 10029, United States ...

In addition to the 'traditional' actions of steroid-hormone–receptor complexes — functioning in the cell nucleus as transcription factors to selectively modulate gene expression (that is ...