Contra Costa County health officials have widened their probe into a contaminated batch of cortisone that has killed one man and sickened 10 others. According to Dr. Wendel Brunner, Contra Costa ...

Researchers found that a few weeks after receiving the steroid shots, people reported less pain and disability than those who'd been given placebo injections. But a year later, the same patients ...

Oakland Athletics right fielder Stephen Piscotty, who missed both ends of a doubleheader Tuesday, had a cortisone shot in his left wrist Wednesday and now will wait a couple of days at least before ...

Professional footballers who have injuries treated with cortisone jabs are much more likely to develop osteoarthritis late in life, warns a new study. Almost three out of four retired players (73%) ...

Anthony Volpe’s season — and big league career, really — has been built on streaks, the cold ones usually lasting longer than the hot ones. So perhaps the past 10 days are nothing more than a hot ...

MINNEAPOLIS --Anthony Volpe had two hits and an RBI in his return to the New York Yankees' starting lineup after cortisone shot in his left shoulder, helping them to a 10-9 win over the Minnesota ...

Infrapatellar fat pad glucocorticoid injections failed to show significant improvements in joint effusion or pain in knee osteoarthritis.