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Cyclosporine, methotrexate, and methylprednisolone compared with cyclosporine and methotrexate for the prevention of graft-versus-host disease in bone marrow transplantation from HLA-identical sibling donor: a prospective randomized study Blood , Vol.

Many people have trouble functioning well as patients. Whether limited by knowledge, emotional state, or socioeconomic factors, their level of health literacy - the ability to read, understand, and act on health care information - is often dangerously low.

An infusion, also called an IV infusion , is a way of giving medication. "IV" stands for intravenous, which means "into a vein." An IV infusion is the process of giving a medication directly into the bloodstream through a slow "drip" into a vein.

Wednesday May 13, 2009 For people taking a multiple sclerosis treatment using interferon beta-1a , combining it with oral methylprednisolone may improve outcomes for relapsing-remitting MS.

In patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, adding oral methylprednisolone to treatment with interferon beta-1a can significantly reduce the rate of relapse, according to a report in the April 30th online issue of The Lancet Neurology.

* Survival is also improved when stress-dose hydrocortisone is used to treat postresuscitation shock.

Conclusions reported in an Article published Online first, as well as in the June edition of The Lancet Neurology , and the announcement made at the American Academy of Neurology meeting in Seattle, USA, all coincide that the substantial decline of the deterioration rate in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis can be accomplished by ...

For the study, people with MS received the steroid drug methylprednisolone in monthly "pulses," or three doses over three days, in addition to regular weekly treatment with the drug interferon beta-1a. The steroid drug has typically been used only to treat acute MS attacks, not as an ongoing treatment.

Using a steroid drug in combination with a multiple sclerosis drug may give patients more relief from symptoms than using the MS drug alone, suggests a new study.

The autoreactive cells cause an inflammatory proapoptotic response to self-antigens resulting in eventual bone, cartilage, and soft-tissue loss and destruction.

Terry Swanson, DVM, and Rich Redding, DVM, MS, PhD, moderated a table topic, "Hind Limb Lameness, A Pain on the Rear," held during the 2008 American Association of Equine Practitioners convention, which took place Dec.

Magnesium treatment shortly after spinal cord injury in rats improves motor function and spares white matter, according to study findings published in the April issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine .

Abstract BACKGROUND: Vestibular neuritis is the second most common cause of peripheral vestibular vertigo.

METHODS: We identified 525 patients with incident SLE in the Hopkins Lupus Cohort.

Fifty years ago this year, a team of Michigan scientists made a breakthrough discovery that significantly shortened the time and cost to convert soybean byproducts into a drug to treat asthma attacks, allergic reactions and other health problems.

A healthcare provider confused a syringe of I.V. vindesine with a syringe of methylprednisolone, a synthetic corticosteroid for intrathecal injection.

TRENTON, N.J. - Pfizer Inc. will begin selling dozens more generic drugs in the U.S. and Europe through new deals with an Indian generic company, part of a recent trend of brand-name drugmakers expanding in a ...

Abstract Death by apoptosis is characteristic of cells undergoing deletion during embryonic development, T- and B-cell maturation and endocrine-induced atrophy.

Patients suffering refractory in-hospital cardiac arrest show improved survival rates if they receive vasopressin and methylprednisolone in addition to epinephrine, according to an Archives of Internal Medicine ...

The owner of Willow Crest Manor, shut down by the state last week after two patients died because of possible medical errors, is fighting to get his license back.