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This article is about the chemical family of steroids in general. For discussion of performance-enhancing steroids and their effects, please see Anabolic steroid. A steroid is a lipid characterized by a carbon skeleton with four fused rings. All steroids are derived from the acetyl CoA biosynthetic pathway. Different steroids vary in the functional groups attached to these rings. Hundreds of distinct steroids have been identified in plants, animals, and fungi. Their most important role i ...
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- Some steroids safe for premature infants
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:57 EST
- Schwarzenegger laments steroids in his own contest
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:19 EST
- Schwarzenegger laments steroids in his own contest
Reuters - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 03:19 EST
- After Scrutiny, Preemie Lung Treatments Turn Out To Be Safe, Effective
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 10:00 EST
- After Scrutiny, Preemie Lung Treatments Turn Out To Be Safe, Effective
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Steroids Cause The Same Tissue Changes As Tendon Injury
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Low-Dose Steroids Reduce Joint Damage From Rheumatoid Arthritis
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 06:00 EST
- Low-dose Steroids Reduce Joint Damage From Rheumatoid Arthritis, Evidence Suggests
ScienceDaily - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- Inhaled Steroids Best Treatment For Children With Asthma
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:00 EST
- Inhaled Steroids Best Treatment For Children With Asthma, Study Finds
ScienceDaily - Wed, 24 Jan 2007 04:00 EST
- To Inhale or Not to Inhale Steroids
ABC News - Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:07 EST
- Steroid-free Medication Lowers Rejection Rate For Kidney Transplants
ScienceDaily - Thu, 14 Dec 2006 04:00 EST
- Steroid-free Medication Lowers Rejection Rate For Kidney Transplants - Alternate Treatments Avoid The Side Effects Of Long-Term Steroid Use
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 15 Dec 2006 08:00 EST
- Asthma drugs cause immune cell build-up
Reuters - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:55 EST
- Optimal Antigen Presentation For Sensitive Immunoassays
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:00 EST
- Swedish study links steroid use to crimes, fraud
Reuters - Tue, 07 Nov 2006 03:55 EST
- Swedish study links steroid use to crimes, fraud
Reuters - Tue, 07 Nov 2006 05:24 EST
- Steroid Users May Be More Likely To Commit Crimes Involving Weapons, Fraud
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 10 Nov 2006 05:00 EST
- Steroid Users May Be More Likely To Commit Crimes Involving Weapons, Fraud
ScienceDaily - Wed, 08 Nov 2006 04:00 EST
- Anabolic Steroids For Muscle Building May Destroy Brain Cells
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 06:00 EST
- Steroids 'kill off brain cells'
BBC - Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:30 EST
- Toward Better Identification Of Substances Used For Doping In Sports
ScienceDaily - Thu, 26 Oct 2006 03:00 EST
- Toward Better Identification Of Substances Used For Doping In Sports
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:00 EST
- Elevated Testosterone Kills Brain Cells
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:00 EST
- Anabolic Steroids More Commonly Used By Young Men
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:00 EST
- Steroids may relieve PTSD: animal studies
Reuters - Mon, 18 Sep 2006 04:27 EST
- Many young men 'abusing steroids'
BBC - Wed, 13 Sep 2006 06:11 EST
- Death risk linked to steroid use for arthritis
Reuters - Fri, 06 Oct 2006 12:09 EST
- Elevated Testosterone Kills Nerve Cells
ScienceDaily - Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:00 EST
- Anabolic Steroids Can Reverse Muscle Loss in Immobilized Limbs.
WebMD - Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:39 EST
- Steroids For Treatment Of Sudden Hearing Loss
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 25 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Anabolic steroids raise levels of harmful protein
Reuters - Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:43 EST
- Review Examines Sex Differences And The Role Of Sex Steroids In Renal Injury
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:00 EST
- Asthma Drug Combo Could Be Dangerous
WebMD - Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:53 EST
- An Asthma Antibody?.
WebMD - Mon, 14 Aug 2006 08:38 EST
- Study shows drug prevents arthritic bone loss
Reuters - Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:05 EST
- Pressure To Be More Muscular May Lead Men To Unhealthy Behaviors
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 13 Aug 2006 03:00 EST
- Pressure To Be More Muscular May Lead Men To Unhealthy Behaviors
ScienceDaily - Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:00 EST
- Asthma UK Issues Advice On Long Acting Beta-Agonists
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 08 Aug 2006 06:00 EST
- Preterm Birth: Steroids to Avoid Harm?
WebMD - Thu, 08 Jun 2006 09:56 EST
- HGH Threat: Works Like Steroids but Undetectable
ABC News - Wed, 14 Jun 2006 09:48 EST
- Drug Banned By Sports May Be Good For Oldies
ScienceDaily - Wed, 14 Jun 2006 02:00 EST
- UK Doctors Warn Of Prescription Drug Abuse By Gym Goers
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
- Arrests Over Counterfeit Medicines, UK
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:00 EST
- Bodybuilders' 'breast drug abuse'
BBC - Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:07 EST
- Task Force says no to OTC nasal steroids
Reuters - Tue, 16 May 2006 06:59 EST
- Asthma Treatment for Toddlers Falls Short
ABC News - Wed, 10 May 2006 08:11 EST
- Asthma Treatment for Toddlers Falls Short
ABC News - Wed, 10 May 2006 10:35 EST
- Early drug therapy doesn't prevent asthma: studies
Reuters - Thu, 11 May 2006 11:01 EST
- Inhalers don’t prevent asthma in children
MSNBC - Wed, 10 May 2006 09:47 EST
- Early drug therapy doesn't prevent asthma-studies
Reuters - Wed, 10 May 2006 08:15 EST
- Inhaled Steroids Help Young Children Breathe But Do Not Prevent Chronic Asthma
ScienceDaily - Tue, 16 May 2006 02:00 EST
- Steroids Do Not Prolong Survival In Intensive Care Patients With ARDS On Life Support
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 22 Apr 2006 04:00 EST
- Steroids Do Not Prolong Survival in Intensive Care Patients with ARDS on Life Support, Finds NHLBI Study
National Institutes of Health - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:04 EST
- Inhaled Steroids Allow Patients To Breathe Deeper And Have Better Control Over Their Asthma Than Those Using Cromolyn
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 20 Apr 2006 09:00 EST
- The Promise Of A B-cell Biologic Therapy For Rheumatoid Arthritis
ScienceDaily - Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
- Inhaled Steroids Preferred Over Cromolyn To Treat Asthma
ScienceDaily - Fri, 21 Apr 2006 02:00 EST
- Herb Use Linked to Teen Drug Use
WebMD - Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- Safety of steroids for small babies questioned
Reuters - Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:02 EST
- Bulking up without ''the juice''
MSNBC - Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:25 EST
- Growth Hormone Is Made In The Brain, Report Scientists
ScienceDaily - Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:00 EST
- Teens'' Herbal Product Use Associated With Illicit Substance Use
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 26 Mar 2006 04:00 EST
- Anabolic Steroids Flip The Adolescent Brain''s Switch For Aggression, Animal Models Show
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:00 EST
- FDA issues warning on dietary supplements
MSNBC - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:00 EST
- FDA: Halt Unapproved Steroid Drugs
WebMD - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 07:19 EST
- Study: Steroid use can raise bad cholesterol
MSNBC - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:35 EST
- Higher body weight may curb response to steroid puff
Reuters - Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:31 EST
- Steroid useful in HIV, dangerous to the healthy
Reuters - Wed, 08 Mar 2006 04:38 EST
- Liver Damage And Increased Heart Attack Risk Caused By Anabolic Steroid Use
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 22 Feb 2006 03:00 EST
- FDA Warns Manufacturers About Illegal Steroid Products Sold As Dietary Supplements
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 11 Mar 2006 11:00 EST
- FDA Issues Warning on Dietary Supplements
ABC News - Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:30 EST
- Steroids ''risk to teenage brains''
BBC - Sun, 26 Feb 2006 11:05 EST
- Epidural Shot No Fix for Shingles Pain
WebMD - Thu, 19 Jan 2006 07:00 EST
- Few patients on steroids receive bone-saving drugs
Reuters - Wed, 18 Jan 2006 07:18 EST
- Shingles, Epidural Injection Does Not Reduce Long-term Pain
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 22 Jan 2006 11:00 EST
- Study to examine the effects of synthetic steroids
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Sep 2005 09:00 EST
- Inhaled Steroids May Help Lung Disease
WebMD - Mon, 15 Aug 2005 08:00 EST
- What About the Kids?
Washington Post - Tue, 30 Aug 2005 03:00 EST
- Elite athletes may have asthma and not know it
Reuters - Thu, 01 Sep 2005 05:09 EST
- The Shortcut You Shouldn''t Take: Steroids and Growth Hormones
ABC News - Tue, 02 Aug 2005 01:14 EST
- For Toned Look, Some Teens Use Supplements
ABC News - Mon, 01 Aug 2005 03:11 EST
- Growing numbers of girls using steroids
MSNBC - Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:55 EST
- Gov''t Set to Step In on Pro Drug Testing
WebMD - Thu, 07 Jul 2005 07:18 EST
- Congress Bill Won''t Aid Girls on Steroids
ABC News - Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:02 EST
- Congress Bill Won''t Aid Girls on Steroids
ABC News - Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:16 EST
- Congress Bill Won''t Aid Girls on Steroids
ABC News - Wed, 15 Jun 2005 08:20 EST
- Severe Allergic Asthma - Xolair® (omalizumab) add-on therapy significantly reduces attacks
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 10 Jul 2005 06:00 EST
- Powerful steroids could be avoided in many cases of childhood eczema
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 28 Jun 2005 04:00 EST
- Lawmakers Study Steroid Use Among Young Women
ABC News - Wed, 15 Jun 2005 12:47 EST
- Lawmakers Study Steroid Use Among Young Women
ABC News - Wed, 15 Jun 2005 01:23 EST
- Girls'' Steroid Abuse Figures Disputed
WebMD - Wed, 15 Jun 2005 09:00 EST
- Big Guns: When Cops Use Steroids
ABC News - Mon, 23 May 2005 09:26 EST
- More Girls Try Taking Steroids to Tone Up
ABC News - Tue, 26 Apr 2005 12:21 EST
- More Girls Try Taking Steroids to Tone Up
ABC News - Tue, 26 Apr 2005 03:02 EST
- Seeking Tone, Girls Abusing Steroids Too
ABC News - Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:42 EST
- Semi-Potent Steroids Treat Tight Foreskin Problem
Reuters - Wed, 27 Apr 2005 01:07 EST
- Semi-Potent Steroids Treat Tight Foreskin Problem
Reuters - Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:23 EST
- Girls are abusing steroids too, experts say
MSNBC - Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:35 EST
- Baseball Players Reject Tougher Steroids Penalties
MedicineNet - Tue, 03 May 2005 07:00 EST
- Steroids and the average joe
MSNBC - Tue, 12 Apr 2005 11:13 EST
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