Common steroid has saved the lives of 1.4m Covid patients around the world, experts reveal A common steroid which costs around 50p a day can cut Covid deaths by a third The drug was made available to patients on English hospital wards last June Steroid cuts death rates and hospital stays when combined with an … Read more
Low-doses of anti-inflammatory steroid can double risk of heart problems, research shows Researchers believe low doses of steroid can increase risk of heart problems Patients taking under 5mg of prednisolone per day saw risk of cardiovascular disease nearly double Higher doses of the treatment were already known to increase risk of disease Data from 2011 … Read more
A woman who became hooked on eczema steroid cream was forced to quit her job and left bedbound for three months after her skin turned red raw. Account executive Samantha Saunders, 32, from Cape Town, suffered with mild eczema as a child and was prescribed topical steroid medicated cream at the age of 14 to … Read more
Donald Trump’s doctors said Sunday he was given a steroid and put on oxygen as they treated him for COVID-19, but White House Physician Sean Conley said the president could be discharged from Walter Reed as early as Monday. Conley, a Navy Commander and physician to the president, revealed during a briefing Sunday that Trump … Read more
A steroid found to help severely ill coronavirus patients does nothing to help people with milder cases, a new study suggests. Last week, British researchers published preliminary findings showing that dexamethasone reduced death rates among patients on ventilators and those on supplemental oxygen without ventilation. But, in the full report released this week, results showed … Read more
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong estimates he told ‘10,000 lies’ to shield his use of performance-enhancing drugs, as he explains in an upcoming two-part ESPN documentary titled ‘LANCE’ – a film that appears to have displeased him. ‘Nobody dopes and is honest,’ he said in the upcoming film, according to USA Today. ‘You’re not. The only … Read more
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong estimates he told ‘10,000 lies’ to shield his use of performance-enhancing drugs, as he explains in an upcoming two-part ESPN documentary titled ‘LANCE’ – a film that appears to have displeased him. ‘Nobody dopes and is honest,’ he said in the upcoming film, according to USA Today. ‘You’re not. The only … Read more
An online steroid dealer who sold toxic ‘Russian Roulette’ slimming pills to a bulimic student was jailed for seven years today. Eloise Parry, 21, bought pills containing lethal DNP from Bernard Rebelo, 32, before collapsing dead on 12 April 2015. DNP was first used to manufacture explosives in the First World War and is not … Read more