1.   A month later, Los Angeles Dodgers slugger Kirk Gibson used a steroid injection to deal with his own hamstring injury.

2.   But Benigni, as a cockeyed Italian optimist who falls in with losers Tom Waits and John Lurie, gives it a much-needed steroid injection.

3.   But the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology warns against the use of steroid injections for seasonal allergies.

4.   Gonzalez, who is starting his fifth full season with the Rangers, began treatment Tuesday by receiving an epidural steroid injection, and Dossett said surgery is unlikely.

5.   He has taken steroid injections in his shoulders, and so far the pain has stayed away.

6.   He required two steroid injections in his neck last month and probably will need another this summer.

7.   Most back pain can be relieved with exercise, physical therapy, chiropractic treatment, acupuncture, steroid injections and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, he says.

8.   Medications include Rogaine and Propecia for male pattern baldness, and, for alopecia areata, steroid injections into the scalp.

9.   Most women will get a steroid injection before a major event, such as a wedding or prom.

10.   Sanders, who received the second of two epidural steroid injections Monday, will be re-evaluated after the weekend, Cowboys trainer Jim Maurer said.