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 ...

Tennessee hospitalizations for injection drug use-related infections remain a major clinical and economic burden despite rates plateauing after 2018.

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - A deadly outbreak of infections linked to tainted steroid injections is approaching 500 cases nearly two months after it began, and health experts said on Wednesday it ...

Three patients developed difficult-to-treat Mycobacterium abscessus infections after receiving embryonic stem cell injections in Mexico in 2022, researchers reported. Two men -- one from Colorado and ...

Deaths from injection-related infections like endocarditis have increased among young people, likely due to the growth of injection drug use and stronger, shorter-acting fentanyl. While medications ...

Osteoarthritis affects around 600 million people globally. It causes pain, stiffness and reduced joint function – most commonly in the knees, hands and hips. There’s currently no cure for ...

Lenacapavir, a new HIV prevention drug, has proven to dramatically reduce the risk of infection according to data reported from the drugmaker Gilead Sciences, who found two annual injections of the ...

A recent phase 3 trial found that twice-yearly injections of Lenacapavir reduce the risk of contracting HIV by 96%. The corresponding study was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. PrEP ...