Illegal steroids should be wiped out

Sunday, September 26th, 2010

Baseball has been one game that has seen the most of steroids and performance enhancing drugs. The fact that baseball sluggers are making use of everything from steroids to amphetamines for finding a place in the record books and keep earning name, fame, and recognition is unacceptable to many baseball fans.
These infuriated fans believe that [...]

Steroid use on par with heroin

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

The use of steroids may be twice as prevalent as what is suggested by official figures, according to a leading expert to BBC.
Jim McVeigh, drug expert, said that the number of regular anabolic steroid users in the UK is around 100,000 while the same was suggested as 42000 by the British Crime Survey.
From News.bbc.co.uk:

One treatment [...]

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, [...]

600th home run of A-Rod will not be tainted by past steroid admission

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

The about-to-come 600th home run by Alex Rodriguez, popularly known as A-Rod, will not be devalued by his admission about use of steroids in the past according to some baseball fans and sluggers.
Rodriguez’s image is not tarnished like a Barry Bonds, as per Arlan Ettinger, President of Guernsey’s auction house.
Brandon Steiner, head of Steiner Sports [...]

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 [...]

Competition among Scientists and Steroid-taking Sportsmen begins to prevent Olympic Doping

Monday, August 10th, 2009

Scientists have been trying hard to prevent steroids from being in use in the Olympics. In this respect, they have been coming with new plans and strategies so that the shadow of doping does not fall again on sportsmen and spirit of the game.
Necessary steps to eradicate steroids from sports have already been in the [...]

Drugs used by Young Children to excel at sport

Sunday, August 9th, 2009

Children as young as eleven are using drugs to excel at sport, as per a recently concluded study by researchers from France that was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. This revelation clearly suggests that popularity of steroids has seen an upward trend due to easy availability.
The fact that steroids help sportsmen gain [...]

Relationship between Steroids and Sports

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

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 [...]