Three new studies strongly support using inexpensive and widely available drugs to treat people who are seriously ill with COVID-19. The drugs are steroids, and the research published Wednesday ...

Medically reviewed by Corinne Savides Happel, MD Key Takeaways Steroid nasal sprays can cause irritation, itching, dryness, ...

A while back, I shared results on a small study that looked at the potential behavioral side effects of steroids in dogs. A more recent study was completed by Notari, Burman, and Mills that took the ...

Why, ethically, does the use of steroids in sports bother us? The medical issues are fairly straightforward. The use of anabolic steroids increases the athlete's chance of getting liver cancer. Heavy ...

A sinus infection, also called sinusitis, happens when your sinuses become swollen and inflamed. It’s usually caused by a viral, bacterial, or fungal infection. Your sinuses are air-filled cavities ...

Steroids, also known as corticosteroids, are synthetic hormones that can help reduce swelling and inflammation in the body, which may help improve back pain. Back pain is not a specific diagnosis or ...

During the NFL annual meetings in 2005, coach Jim Haslett (then of the New Orleans Saints) delivered a series of comments that set off a renewed firestorm about the Pittsburgh Steelers use of steroids ...

Scientists are finally tracing, step by step, how bacteria strip down and rebuild steroid molecules into compounds that look a lot like modern drugs. By mapping these microbial assembly lines in the ...

Mark McGuire will probably be remembered as much for his use of the "dietary supplement" androstenedione (Andro) as he will for the seventy home runs he hit in 1998. While you can debate whether one ...

Anabolic steroids are synthetic hormones that enhance muscle growth and increase male sex characteristics. They’re sometimes prescribed to help teen boys who have delayed puberty, or to older men who ...