Steroids are bad news for injured heads
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LONDON: Anti-inflammatory drugs that have been used for 30 years to treat serious head injuries are harming rather than helping patients, researchers said.
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A professional athlete sidelined by an injury might as well be a dead man. Harsh, but true. If you are too hurt to play, you might as well stay home. Some teammates don't even want to look at you. Reminds them of their own vulnerability. In a big league locker room, no one wants to talk about ...
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NEW YORK  - Treatment with high-dose  steroids for multiple sclerosis and other disorders may impair  long-term memory, according to a report in the medical journal  Neurology. The good news is that mental functioning usually  returns to normal a few days after stopping the drug.
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Thousands of American players are using protective headgear, but some soccer officials question whether it reduces the risk of head injuries.
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By Associated Press |. A single dose of a steroid can quiet the barking cough of croup and let children and parents get some sleep, Canadian doctors report.
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TORONTO -- There's an antiseptic quality to the word &quot;concussion&quot; that tends to make it sound less ominous than it really is. Call it a bruised brain, and maybe you can appreciate a little more why Johnny Damon, 10 months after his skull-shaking collision with former Red Sox utilityman Damian Jackson during the American League playoffs, said what he did ...
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A steroid drug long given to treat the facial paralysis of Bell's palsy improves the rate of recovery, but the antivirus drug acyclovir does not, researchers reported on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - In the short term, the risk of  nonvertebral fracture is not increased in older adults with  asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) who use  inhaled corticosteroids (ICS), a study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Athletes with a history of concussion are at risk of suffering lasting symptoms the next time they take a blow to the head, according to a study published Monday.
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The Orioles learn Wednesday that outfielder Jerry Hairston will be lost for the season with a broken left ankle.  Hairston was injured crashing into the outfield wall Tuesday night.
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(HealthDay News) -- Steroids are an effective medication when properly prescribed by a physician to treat conditions like anemia or hormonal imbalances. But according to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), steroids should never prescribed by a doctor to aid in building muscle tone.
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Tough steroid testing is on the way, apparently. It&#39;s too bad that it took ugly BALCO testimony and Senate threats to force Don Fehr and Gene Orza, the leaders of the union, to pull their heads out of the sand.
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Injuries are the part of the game most controlled by fate, and the Giants, who were fraught with injuries last season, look more susceptible than usual.
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Patients with serious injuries are put at risk by untested and potentially dangerous treatments, experts say.
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Head injuries usually come down to a judgment call and, inevitably, bad judgments are made. Itâs time for a new approach.
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A new football helmet could help players avoid brain injuries.
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Treatment with progesterone, a  well-known hormone that prepares the womb for pregnancy, safely  reduces the risk of death and disability in people who suffer a  traumatic brain injury, new research suggests.