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Dr. Robert Hardy's research indicates that steroids could be useful as an adjunct therapy in treating pneumonia.
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Adding corticosteroids to traditional antimicrobial therapy might help people with pneumonia recover more quickly than with antibiotics alone, UT Southwestern scientists have found. Unlike the anabolic steroids used to bulk up muscle, corticosteroids are often used to treat inflammation related to infectious diseases, such as bacterial meningitis. Used against other infectious diseases, however, steroid therapy has been shown to be ineffective or even harmful.
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Specially designed RNA fights higher cholesterol
Small, specially designed bits of ribonucleic acid (RNA) can interfere with cholesterol metabolism, reducing harmful cholesterol by two-thirds in pre-clinical tests, according to a new study by researchers at UT Southwestern in collaboration with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Read More
'Baby' fat cells might be helpful in treating obesity
Immature, or “baby,” fat cells lurk in the walls of the blood vessels that nourish fatty tissue, just waiting for excess calories to help them grow into the adult monsters responsible for packing on the extra pounds, researchers at UT Southwestern have found in mice.
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