Glucocorticoid

Breathe Deep: Which Patients Could Benefit From Inhaled Steroids In Cystic Fibrosis? (Nov. 30, 2007) A specific variation in the glucocorticoid receptor gene is associated with lung disease progression in cystic fibrosis, new research...

In this article: Cystic fibrosis, Thiocyanate, Hypochlorite, CFTR, Cardiovascular disease, Neurodegeneration, Maryland, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Burkholderia cenocepacia

...that Triolex was safe and well-tolerated, and there were no side effects observed such as those seen with testosterone, estrogen, progesterone or glucocorticoids. Diabetes Phase II two-stage exploratory and confirmatory trial HE3286-0401

In this article: Cancer, Methotrexate, Insulin, Metformin, Type 2 diabetes, Rheumatoid arthritis, Hormone, and Steroid

Article Date: 30 Oct 2009 - 0:00 PDT A recent study determined glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis (OP) is now treatable with Teriparatide, a synthetic form of the human parathyroid hormone. Researchers found patients with...

In this article: Osteoporosis, Steroid, Inflammation, Calcium, Arthritis, Prednisone, and Vitamin D

...diet is affecting our immune systems." Immune-Suppressing Drugs May Boost Bladder Cancer Risk People who take immune-suppressing glucocorticoid drugs may be at increased risk for bladder cancer, according to a U.S. study.

In this article: Cancer, Asthma, FDA, IBM, Bladder cancer, United Press International, California, United States, and Naked mole rat

...(HealthDay News) -- The drug teriparatide is better at increasing bone density and reducing vertebral fractures in patients with glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis than the drug alendronate, a new study finds. Glucocorticoids are steroid...

In this article: Osteoporosis, Steroid, Calcium, Prednisone, Vitamin D, Dexamethasone, Crohn's disease, Cortisone, and Bone fracture

...and with Karagas, a professor of community and family medicine at DMS, as principal investigator. The report examines the long-term use of glucocorticoids by 786 bladder-cancer patients and by 1,083 control subjects. Doctors commonly...

In this article: Bladder cancer, Cancer, British Journal of Cancer, Dartmouth Medical School, Surgery, and Asthma

...case-control study in New Hampshire. Dartmouth epidemiologist Margaret R. Karagas and her team examined the long-term use of glucocorticoids by 786 bladder-cancer patients and by 1,083 control subjects. Doctors commonly prescribe a...

In this article: Bladder cancer, Cancer, British Journal of Cancer, Asthma, Rheumatoid arthritis, Skin cancer, Washington, and New Hampshire

...that cigarette smoke extract impaired the alveolar macrophage process. Additionally, cells exposed to cigarette smoke extract were treated with glucocorticoid, an anti-inflammatory drug commonly used to treat respiratory conditions, and...

In this article: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Infection and Immunity, Chronic bronchitis, Respiratory disease, Meningitis, Sinusitis, Washington, UK, and Spain

...month core study in all WOMAC measurement subscales including pain, physical function and stiffness. Synavive is a novel dissociated glucocorticoid product candidate designed to enhance the anti-inflammatory benefits of glucocorticoids,...

In this article: Dipyridamole, Prednisolone, Osteoarthritis, Anti-inflammatory, Rheumatoid arthritis, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Glucose

...with osteoarthritis of the knee who have moderate-to-severe pain, and in whom signs of joint inflammation are present, intra-articular glucocorticoids can also be used. No picture of osteoporosis is complete without an understanding of...

In this article: Osteoarthritis, Arthritis, Inflammation, Nsaid, and Osteoporosis