Tag: steroids
In a re-allocation of scarce resources that law enforcement might do well to follow, Florida has eliminated its program for testing high school athletes for anabolic steroids. Now only three states have testing programs - New Jersey, Illinois and Texas....
World-class U.S. swimmer Jessica Hardy is battling a Texas nutrition company over allegedly contaminated dietary supplements, documents show....
For nearly two years now, the death of Joseph Baglio has been causing consternation to friends and family and to his colleagues on the bodybuilding circuit. ...
American swimmer Emily Brunemann has been slapped with a six-month suspension after testing positive for a banned substance, the United States Anti-doping Agency announced Wednesday....
American amateur female bodybuilder Tamiko Shibata has received a lifetime ban from the International Bodybuilding Association (INBA) after allegedly failing a drug test. ...
What are the health benefits of HGH, and is it fair to include the substance in the largely negative societal commentary about anabolic steroids? Federal law restricts HGH to children with growth difficulties, patients in wasted states and adults who are unable to produce growth hormone naturally. Do we understand why its use was even banned in the first place?...
These compounds stabilise protein channels that would otherwise "leak" calcium from muscle cells during strenuous exercise. Calcium is needed for muscle contraction and this "leaking" effect weakens the contractions and is a causal factor in muscle fatigue. Sounds healthy and beneficial - so why would their use be discouraged?...
Former Olympic gold medalists sprinter and hurdler Gail Devers, known for her superb physique, advocates a "no tolerance, one strike" policy regarding drugs in all sports....
Dan Clark loved the power steroids gave him — until the "American Gladiators" star discovered the muscle-enhancing drugs made him grow man-boobs, shrank his privates and turned sex into a painful experience....
When bodybuilder Justin Rys stood in the dock and heard the judge sentence him to 10½ years in prison, it must have seemed as though his life was over....
