When it comes to improving surgical repair of massive or recurrent tears of the shoulder’s rotator cuff tendons, anabolic steroid treatment can be highly effective. This finding was revealed by a research from the UNC’s School of Medicine.
The study, which appeared in an issue of the American Journal of Sports Medicine, was led by Dr. [...]
People with HIV and being administered with anabolic steroids for preventing AIDS wasting tend to experience modest gains in terms of body weight and muscle mass as per findings brought to the notice by a new review.
This review appeared in an issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization [...]
In 2003, Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative was incriminated of providing anabolic steroids, HGH and other performance-enhancing drugs to professional players in the MLB and in US Track and Field. Several of those athletes include Jason Giambi, Bill Romanowski and Marion Jones.
Perhaps, baseball is the sport with the biggest steroid controversies. Some of the grandest and [...]
After 20 month-long probe, a major drug bust was carried on at Hopkins County.
Detectives searched the home of 35-year-old Adam Parker. Various items utilized to fabricate and deal controlled substances were seized. Moreover, 150 vials of anabolic steroids were also confiscated.
According to authorities, Parker was the primary distributor of anabolic steroids and other controlled [...]
Rick Dutrow, the trainer of the 2008 Kentucky Derby winner, will be serving a 30-day suspension after an amicable settlement was reached with the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission.
It is worth noting here that the horse of Dutrow, Salute the Count, tested positive for a breathing stimulant after a race at the Churchill Downs in May [...]
Two of Canada’s horse welfare organizations, campaigning against horse slaughter for human consumption, recently wrote to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) regarding the new requirements implemented by the European Commission.
Letters were sent to countries supplying horsemeat to the European Union regarding a food safety program for their immediate compliance.
According to the letter, suppliers must [...]
Growth hormone (GH) is naturally produced in the human brain as per an article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
It was revealed by the involved researchers that GH is produced in hippocampus, which is a structure deep inside the brain involved in memory and emotion. It was also revealed that growth [...]
The most common use of anabolic steroids is perhaps in bodybuilding, for muscle development. However, since the creation of synthetic hormones, doctors have been slowly adapting its use in the medical field for different purposes and instances.
One purpose is for treatment of hypoplastic anemia. Anabolic steroids increase red blood cell production through stimulation of growth [...]
Despite so much of reading material and reliable sources, there still seems to be a bit of misunderstanding at times when it comes to use of anabolic steroids in sports or bodybuilding.
Let us find what really anabolic steroids are and how they can provide an advantage to professional sportsmen and bodybuilders when it comes to [...]
In today’s times, there have been many talks about use of steroids in sports. While some think that it would be great to legalize steroids, some fear that steroids can prove dangerous to sports. In short, there is a relationship between steroids and sports that just cannot be ignored.
If steroids are such a problem then [...]