INTRODUCTION It is difficult to evaluate the effect of drugs clinically used for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss, mainly because its underlying mechanism remains unknown. OBJECTIVE This study assessed the efficacy of hyperbaric oxygen therapy or ozone therapy in the treatment of idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss, when either therapy was included with steroid treatment....

BACKGROUND The benefits of steroid therapy in immunoglobulin A nephropathy (IgAN) have not been established. METHODS The effect of steroids on kidney survival was retrospectively investigated in 702 patients with IgAN by multivariate analyses. RESULTS There were 295 men and 407 women. The median follow-up period was 62 months. One hundred and ninety-four patients were treated with oral ster...

introduction: sandfish (holothuria scabra) is a marine species generally sold as a raw material that has been dried even though the meat contains steroid hormone with high economic value, which has the potential to become a source of safe natural steroid hormone. this study was aimed to look at the potency of sandfish as an anti-aging for menopausal women. sandfish could become a source of natu...

OBJECTIVES To determine whether transtympanic steroid administration may be an effective treatment for sudden onset sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) in patients for whom systemic steroid treatment has failed or who were not candidates for systemic steroids. METHODS The standard medical regimen for SSNHL usually involves systemic steroid therapy. Unfortunately, some patients do not respond s...

Background. First-line treatment for paediatric nephrotic syndrome, a chronic disease characterised by proteinuria, hypoalbuminaemia and oedema, is corticosteroid therapy. An association between African ethnicity steroid resistance has been reported, but published data from sub-Saharan Africa are limited lack consensus on the prevalence of steroid-resistant disease. Objective. We aimed to descr...

Introduction: Sandfish (Holothuria scabra) is a marine species generally sold as a raw material that has been dried even though the meat contains steroid hormone with high economic value, which has the potential to become a source of safe natural steroid hormone. This study was aimed to look at the potency of sandfish as an anti-aging for menopausal women. Sandfish could become a source of natu...