Glucocorticoids are powerful medicines that fight inflammation and work with your immune system to treat wide range of health problems. Your body actually makes its own glucocorticoids. These hormones ...

Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones that help regulate the immune system. They also play a key role in the metabolism of fats, proteins, and glucose. Glucocorticoids come in natural and synthetic ...

Adult patients with CAP in a low-resource setting who were treated with adjunctive low-dose glucocorticoids had a lower risk of death.

Glucocorticoids modulate the secretion of growth hormone (GH) by various and competing effects on the hypothalamus and pituitary gland. The final effects of this modulation depend on hormone ...

Inhaled glucocorticoids are the most commonly used medications for the long-term treatment of patients with asthma. Whether long-term therapy with inhaled glucocorticoids reduces bone mass, as oral ...

A recent study suggests treatment with glucocorticoids after loss of ambulation can preserve late-stage functional abilities, respiratory function, and cardiac function in patients with Duchenne ...

The findings add complexity to questions about the long-term impact of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) therapy. A new report shows high cumulative doses of intravenous methotrexate can have ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Vitamin C and dexamethasone led to significantly lower pain scores after total hip arthroplasty. Both groups ...

Adding low-dose glucocorticoids to standard care for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) was linked to a lower risk of death compared with standard care alone, the randomized SONIA trial in Kenya ...