A TEENAGE girl has died from a brain-swelling bat virus which experts fear could be the ‘next pandemic’. The 18-year-old tested positive for Nipah virus, an extremely lethal isease and ...

Corticosteroids are commonly prescribed to alleviate cancer-related symptoms in patients with non-small cell lung cancer, ...

Ekterly comes in the form of a 300 mg tablet. The recommended dosage is 600 mg split into two doses taken at the earliest sign of an attack, according to the prescribing information. Additional ...

For the second time in under 3 weeks, the FDA has approved treatment for the inherited genetic disorder characterized by ...

Migraines are one of the world's most common neurological conditions, impacting nearly 15% of people globally. Despite this ...

Peter Redweik’s brutal infection was quelled by a medication so powerful that doctors use it sparingly. Yet he continued to ...

Brain swelling, or cerebral edema, is a medical emergency. Learn about the evidence-based treatments doctors use to reduce ...

A brain abscess is a rare but life-threatening infection. Learn how advances in imaging, surgery, and diagnostics are ...

Brain scans revealed he was suffering from meningoencephalitis—a life threatening swelling of the brain and the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord—according to doctors who shared his ...

Archive Local Treatment of Edema in Congestive Heart Failure Author: BURTON E. HAMILTON, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published June 23, 1932 N Engl J Med 1932;206: 1290 - 1293 ...

Rationale for Use Corticosteroids decrease brain edema. In central nervous system tumors, corticosteroids have been found not only to reduce peritumoral and vasogenic brain edema, but also reduce ...

The usual but empirical initial dose in brain tumor patients is an intravenous bolus of 10 mg of dexamethasone, followed by a maintenance dose of 4 mg given by the intravenous (IV) route every 6 ...