Researchers evaluated the association between epidural steroid injection use and fracture incidence among older patients with radicular pain.

Steroid injections, also known as corticosteroid injections ... also does not recommend this treatment for knee or hip ...

Not all trials found a benefit, but the largest trial found that intrathecal injections led to excellent or good pain relief ...

Steroid injection for osteoarthritis of the hip: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arthritis Rheum. 56 , 2278–2287 (2007). Article CAS Google Scholar ...

Medicare Part B and Medicare Advantage may help cover the costs of cortisone injections if they are medically necessary. Learn more here.

I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 years old and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago. I take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV). Around Aug. 1, I ...