Body building steroids leads to kidney damage

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Muscle mass and body strength can be possible benefits of performance enhancing or bodybuilding steroids used by athletes but this can lead to kidney function damage. The finding was revealed by a presented paper at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA.
In today’s times, [...]

Prison avoided by Lucente for peddling steroids

Tuesday, August 10th, 2010

A Staten Island doctor who was charged for peddling anabolic steroids to NYPD cops and bodybuilders walked out of the court as a free man. Richard Lucente was made free to go after his lawyer gloated over the no-jail deal.
Lucente was facing charges that could have put him in dozen of years in prison [...]

Staying close to muscles encouraging women to gyms

Sunday, July 18th, 2010

More and more women are entering the world of professional bodybuilding and the numbers of supporters are on a high like never-before even though bodybuilding for women is not a big sport in Australia.
It is worth noting here that physical appearance may not be everything but it does count a lot in body building. This [...]

Study demonstrates the usefulness of steroids

Tuesday, July 13th, 2010

The combination of steroids and antibiotics is better than the use of antibiotics alone for providing relief to patients suffering from pneumonia, according to a team of researchers from the UT Southwestern Medical Center.
This study disclosed that the combination can prove its worth by restoring health of patients with pneumonia.
From News-medical.net:

Adding corticosteroids [...]

Benefits possible with anabolic steroids for people with shoulder tears

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

According to a research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that was led by Dr. Spero Karas, assistant professor of orthopedic surgery in UNC’s School of Medicine, significant improvements can be experienced by people suffering from shoulder tears when anabolic steroids are administered.
This finding is considered to have implications for post-surgery healing [...]

Better performance possible with new pills

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Sportsmen can now exercise for long and enhance performance without feeling the heat after two drugs, AICAR and GW1516, were discovered by scientists in the United States.
It is being considered that identification of these drugs will offer an “unfair” advantage like that offered by anabolic steroids to people especially sportsmen [...]

Sportsmen taking on steroids in zeal for raw power

Friday, June 18th, 2010

More and more people are making use of anabolic steroids such as Tetrahydrogestrinone (THG) in order to enhance performance and build solid muscles.
According to a study, as many as 9 percent of bodybuilders visiting gymnasiums in the United Kingdom are making use of steroids to improve the quality of muscles and [...]

Flourishing relationship between anabolic steroids and young men

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

More and more young men are turning to anabolic steroids to enhance performance, improve appearance, and boost their self-confidence, as per a recently concluded survey by a drug charity.
According to DrugScope, steroids that were used by sportsmen especially bodybuilders in the past are now readily used by among students, young professionals, and [...]

Anabolic steroids can facilitate surgical repair improvements

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

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. [...]

HIV patients on steroids gain muscle mass and weight

Friday, December 11th, 2009

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 [...]