People with severe asthma sometimes rely on daily steroid pills, which raise the risk of diabetes, infections and bone problems. Now, a study supports the idea that a monthly antibody injection is a ...

A monthly injection has helped 90% of severe asthma patients reduce daily steroid tablets, which are associated with long-term side effects. More than half of the participants who had received the ...

Miller will have a follow-up appointment soon with Dr. Keith Meister to determine the next steps for treatment of a small bone spur in his right elbow, Adam Jude of the Seattle Times reports. Miller ...

CHICAGO -- U.S. veterans with osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee got no more benefit from intra-articular corticosteroid injections than from lidocaine shots in a randomized cross-over trial, and neither ...

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Epidural steroid shots for back pain had mixed results, an AAN review showed. The treatment demonstrated promising short-term benefits for radiculopathy patients. In other situations, benefits were ...

The body’s defenses may be mildly lowered for about 1 to 4 weeks after a single steroid shot into a joint or near your spine. In some people, particularly with higher doses, this effect may last up to ...

Tennis elbow is a tendon injury, often caused by overuse of the forearm, that causes elbow pain. According to Bupa, tennis elbow affects one to three of every 100 people and is most common between the ...

Sixth-ranked Zheng Qinwen of China has undergone arthroscopic surgery on her right elbow after experiencing "persistent pain" for several months. The 22-year-old Olympic champion, who lost in the ...

Medicare may cover epidural steroid injections for pain management when the pain is severe, caused by specific conditions, and lasts over 4 weeks despite other treatment. An epidural steroid injection ...