The study found that those who received lower doses of steroids by mouth spent less time in the hospital.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Steroids are small molecules - much smaller than proteins - smaller molecules that tend to be hydrophobic or lipid soluble.

类固醇是小分子物质,比蛋白质小得多,这类小分子是非水溶性的,或者说是脂溶性的

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Hormones can be proteins, endocrine hormones can be proteins, meaning they're large molecules that are usually fairly water soluble, or they can be steroids.

激素可以是蛋白,内分泌激素可以是蛋白,这意味着激素是大分子,并且通常是水溶性的,激素也可以是类固醇

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A treatment could include a combination of stress-reduction methods and drugs such as painkillers and steroids.

VOA: special.2009.04.14

Steroid hormones, on the other hand, molecules like testosterone and estrogen, progesterone, the sex steroids that determine sexual characteristics and are important for reproductive function are molecules that are all derived from a similar source.

另一方面,类固醇类激素,像睾丸激素,雌激素,黄体酮这样的分子,性激素决定了性征,它对生殖功能十分重要,这类分子有着相似的来源

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And doctors are told that steroids or antibiotics given by mouth are not recommended for hoarseness.

VOA: special.2009.09.02

A treatment could include a combination of stress-reduction methods and drugs like painkillers and steroids.

VOA: special.2010.06.15

Most sports organizations have banned the non-medical use of anabolic steroids.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

The patients received steroids either intravenously or by mouth.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Steroids are used to increase muscle strength.

VOA: special.2011.04.12

Doctors often treat it with steroids.

VOA: special.2010.06.23

Before spring training, Rodriguez admitted to using steroids while he played with the Texas Rangers in 2001-2003.

VOA: standard.2009.12.24

WHO says in rich countries, counterfeit drugs typically involve hormones,steroids, and anti-cancer medications.

VOA: standard.2010.06.07

During hospitalization, patients were treated with steroids either intravenously or by mouth.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

When those conditions worsen, doctors often treat patients with steroids.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

"The patients in the intravenous therapy group are receiving ten times as high a dose of steroids over the first two days of hospitalization, as compared to patients in the oral therapy group."

VOA: standard.2010.06.21

In the study,patients who received lower doses of steroids by mouth spent less time in the hospital, and their risk of side effects such as glaucoma, high blood pressure and edema, or swelling in the legs, was reduced.

VOA: standard.2010.06.21