Steroid dose warning in children
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Children with allergic conditions such as asthma may receive too high a dose of steroids, drug experts warn.
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Steroids boost the body, but donât expect a âgotchaâ in a playerâs statistics.
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THURSDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) -- Children who are tall as toddlers or grow fast during their teenage years are more likely to have lower cholesterol levels as adults, British researchers report.
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NEW YORK  - Adolescents are using muscle-building steroids at an earlier age, but most stop using these drugs as they grow older, according to more than 2,500 youth who were surveyed in 1999 and again in 2004.
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Following an asthma flare-up, children who are given inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) with a nebulizer are less likely to be re-hospitalized or need to go the ER than are their peers using steroids delivered by a non-nebulizer device, a new study shows.
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(HealthDay News) -- Steroids are an effective medication when properly prescribed by a physician to treat conditions like anemia or hormonal imbalances. But according to the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), steroids should never prescribed by a doctor to aid in building muscle tone.
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A common class of drugs prescribed to children with depression may have an adverse effect on bone growth, according to a new study.
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WASHINGTON - Alarmed at a recommendation that antidepressants for children carry a strict new warning label, some parents are not letting their kids take the drugs as part of a clinical trial for young people who have attempted suicide.    Government health advisers said last week the labels on these drugs should have bold warnings surrounded by a black box to draw attention and say that, in some cases, the medication increases suicidal thoughts and behavior...
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Children should be exposed to fewer  television ads for anti-impotence drugs and more for birth  control, and need to be shielded from an advertising onslaught  in general, the leading U.S. pediatricians' group said on  Monday.
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Life & style: As food additives are again been linked to hyperactivity in children, Rosalind Ryan asks which of the e-numbers is causing the most concern.
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A single dose of a steroid can quiet the barking cough of croup and let children and parents get some sleep, Canadian doctors report.
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Using steroids to build bulging muscles can also trigger "catastrophic" loss of brain cells, research suggests.
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Children with persistent stuffy nose due to allergy, or &quot;allergic rhinitis,&quot; who receive intranasal treatment with the steroid triamcinolone acetonide for
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ROCKVILLE, Md.  - Two topical creams used to treat  the skin condition eczema need a stronger warning on their  labels about the possible risk of cancer, U.S. medical experts  said on Tuesday.
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BOSTON  - Children with persistent stuffy  nose due to allergy, or "allergic rhinitis," who receive  intranasal treatment with the steroid triamcinolone acetonide  for one year do not appear to have slower than normal rates of  growth, researchers reported here this week at the annual  scientific meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma,  and Immunology. However, they say, longer follow-up is needed  to completely rule out an effect on adult height.
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How many times have children heard, &quot;Look how tall you&#39;ve grown over the summer!&quot; While such comments may be annoying, it turns out rapid growth might also be a health hazard.
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Government scientists are concerned that two prescription creams used for a common skin condition may raise the risk of certain cancers, especially among children.