Corticosteroid, a drug that suppresses the immune system, is often injected into patients to alleviate pain and inflammation in the months before total joint replacement surgeries, but it may increase ...

Preoperatively receiving epidural steroid injections increases risk of infection after a lumbar spinal fusion, according to a study published in the Journal of Neurosurgery. Researchers examined a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Treatment with biologic injections may lead to serious complications, such as infections requiring multiple ...

In the largest reported outbreak of infections associated with epidural or intraarticular injections of steroids, 741 cases of infections and 55 deaths occurred among more than 13,000 persons injected ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An outbreak study based in West Virginia showed that people who inject drugs and have had hepatitis C are at ...

Medically reviewed by Maria M. LoTempio, MD Key Takeaways Botox can cause temporary redness, swelling, tenderness, or ...

Data from a very early-phase trial shows that the drug is safe and remains in the body for up to 56 weeks. From two injections per year to one against HIV. "It is a hopeful step and the study data are ...

A drug currently used to treat HIV has also been found to dramatically reduce the risk of infection, significantly more than the primary option available for pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. In a ...

The tainted steroid injections linked to 55 recent U.S. deaths also caused many less lethal infections, more than half of them concentrated in Michigan, federal health officials reported Thursday.