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Low-doses of anti-inflammatory steroid can double risk of heart problems, research shows Researchers believe low doses of steroid can increase risk of heart problems Patients taking under 5mg of prednisolone per day saw risk of cardiovascular disease nearly double Higher doses of the treatment were already known to increase risk of disease Data from 2011 … Read more
A woman who became hooked on eczema steroid cream was forced to quit her job and left bedbound for three months after her skin turned red raw. Account executive Samantha Saunders, 32, from Cape Town, suffered with mild eczema as a child and was prescribed topical steroid medicated cream at the age of 14 to … Read more
Donald Trump’s doctors said Sunday he was given a steroid and put on oxygen as they treated him for COVID-19, but White House Physician Sean Conley said the president could be discharged from Walter Reed as early as Monday. Conley, a Navy Commander and physician to the president, revealed during a briefing Sunday that Trump … Read more
A steroid found to help severely ill coronavirus patients does nothing to help people with milder cases, a new study suggests. Last week, British researchers published preliminary findings showing that dexamethasone reduced death rates among patients on ventilators and those on supplemental oxygen without ventilation. But, in the full report released this week, results showed … Read more
A £5 steroid reduces the risk of dying from coronavirus by a third in patients on ventilators, a major British trial has found. In the biggest coronavirus breakthrough to date, dexamethasone was also shown to save the lives of a fifth of Covid-19 sufferers with moderate illness receiving oxygen. The results from the RECOVERY trial suggest the … Read more
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong estimates he told ‘10,000 lies’ to shield his use of performance-enhancing drugs, as he explains in an upcoming two-part ESPN documentary titled ‘LANCE’ – a film that appears to have displeased him. ‘Nobody dopes and is honest,’ he said in the upcoming film, according to USA Today. ‘You’re not. The only … Read more
Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong estimates he told ‘10,000 lies’ to shield his use of performance-enhancing drugs, as he explains in an upcoming two-part ESPN documentary titled ‘LANCE’ – a film that appears to have displeased him. ‘Nobody dopes and is honest,’ he said in the upcoming film, according to USA Today. ‘You’re not. The only … Read more
Disgraced former Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong is opening up about the truth behind his use of performance-enhancing drugs — or at least his version of the truth. ‘I’m going to tell you my truth,’ the 48-year-old Armstrong said in a trailer for an upcoming two-part documentary, which will air on ESPN later this month. … Read more
An online steroid dealer who sold toxic ‘Russian Roulette’ slimming pills to a bulimic student was jailed for seven years today. Eloise Parry, 21, bought pills containing lethal DNP from Bernard Rebelo, 32, before collapsing dead on 12 April 2015. DNP was first used to manufacture explosives in the First World War and is not … Read more
An online dealer who sold deadly diet pills to a bulimic student has been convicted of manslaughter for the second time after an appeal. Bernard Rebelo, 32, from Gosport in Hampshire, was initially jailed in 2018 for seven years over the death of ‘troubled’ Eloise Parry, 21. A jury deliberated for a day to find … Read more