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Steroid use associated with five-fold increase of blood clots in IBD patients Compared with biologic therapy, corticosteroid (steroid) use is associated with a nearly five-fold increase of venous thromboembolism in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients, according to a new study1 in Clinical...

Oral budesonide suspension offers hope for pediatric patients with EoE A new formulation of oral budesonide suspension, a steroid-based treatment, is safe and effective in treating pediatric patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), according to a new study in Clinical Gastroenterology and...

Just wanted to remind you the benefits of Vitamin B3 (aka.: Niacin). I have heredity high cholesterol, and 2g of Niacin daily has help lower my cholesterol. Here's a little study I ran across this morning... The safest, most effective, and cheapest treatment for high cholesterol is a vitamin...

Gynecomastia Braunstein GD. Gynecomastia. N Engl J Med 2007;357(12):1229-37. MMS: Error During an evaluation for low back pain, a 67-year-old man is found to have gynecomastia on the right side that is nontender on palpation. Other than a body-mass index (the weight in kilograms divided by...