Cortisone (or steroid) injections have become increasingly popular over the years for people looking to address chronic joint pain and inflammation. Why have they become so popular? Well, for starters ...
Steroid shots offer pain relief from knee arthritis, but they may make the condition worse over time
Many people suffering from knee osteoarthritis turn to corticosteroid injections for pain relief, but two new studies suggest that the treatment may be do more harm than good. The studies found that ...
Background: Corticosteroid injections can be performed blind (landmark-guided) or with image guidance, and this may account for variable clinical outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results presented at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting showed corticosteroid injections ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found no association between cumulative doses of injected corticosteroids and increased fracture ...
Two studies comparing injections commonly used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis found that corticosteroid injections were associated with the progression of the disease. Results of both ...
Researchers comparing two injections commonly used to relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis—corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid—found that corticosteroid injections were associated with higher ...
Repeat treatment with corticosteroid injections improved vision in people with persistent or recurrent uveitis-related macular edema better than two other therapies, according to results from a ...
Corticosteroid injections appear to offer an alternative to surgery for treating polyps on the vocal cords, according to a report in the August issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, ...
Steroid injections can help relieve back pain and reduce a person’s need for surgery. They are typically a safe and effective treatment but do not provide a full cure for the cause of back pain. Many ...
Corticosteroid (CS) injections may worsen progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) as seen on radiography and whole-knee MRI. Injecting hyaluronic acid (HA) instead, or managing the condition without ...
"[I]it is difficult to extrapolate what we have observed over longer periods, i.e., 5 or 10 years. Concerning the frequency of injection, the data from Timothy McAlindon (Boston) suggest that we ...
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