Steroid-toxicity insights

Real-world treatment regimens for asthma patients vary dramatically, according to a recently published paper by Markus et al.[1] The multinational study set out to address the lack of knowledge ...

“You don’t feel so alone when you know you’re not the only one struggling with steroid side effects.” More than 50 million people are on long-term glucocorticoid treatment and more than 40% of the ...

A new study published in the Journal of Neurological Sciences has highlighted the negative impact steroid-toxicities have on patient quality of life.[1] With an estimated 1% of the world’s adult ...

A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows the incidence of cardiovascular disease correlates strongly with the four metabolic domains used in the Steritas GTI-MD (body mass ...

On September 4, 1948, the first dose of a glucocorticoid was administered to a bed-ridden 24-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with cortisone resulted in ...