Holmes confirms he ‘feels good’ after steroid injections ‘kick in’ amid his chronic pain battle 

‘The comeback starts here’: Eamonn Holmes confirms he ‘feels good’ after steroid injections ‘kick in’ amid his chronic pain battle By Sean O’grady For Mailonline Published: 09:41 BST, 20 April 2021 | Updated: 10:03 BST, 20 April 2021 Eamonn Holmes has confirmed he is feeling good ‘for the first time in five weeks’ after a … Read more

Common steroid has saved the lives of 1.4m Covid patients around the world, experts reveal 

Common steroid has saved the lives of 1.4m Covid patients around the world, experts reveal A common steroid which costs around 50p a day can cut Covid deaths by a third The drug was made available to patients on English hospital wards last June  Steroid cuts death rates and hospital stays when combined with an … Read more

Low-doses of anti-inflammatory steroid can double risk of heart problems, research shows 

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

Trump treated with a steroid Saturday after second ‘transient’ drop in oxygen levels 

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

Steroid that helps severely ill coronavirus patients may be dangerous for milder cases

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

Biggest coronavirus breakthrough yet as £5 steroid dexamethasone ‘reduces risk of death by third’

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

Lance Armstrong admits he told ‘10,000 lies’ about steroid use

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