During the Olympic Games, the world gazes admiringly upon athletes with preternatural musculature and athletic ability — and then laments every tainted urine test, every revelation of doping. In the ...

Anabolic steroids are drug that mimic the naturally occurring male sex hormones. Doctors prescribe anabolic steroids for skeletal muscle growth and the development of male sexual characteristics for ...

Chronic use of anabolic-androgenic steroids among male weightlifters leads to myocardial dysfunction and accelerated coronary atherosclerosis, according to a new study published online ahead of print ...

Based on a comprehensive literature survey and a careful analysis of the claims concerning the ergogenic effects and the adverse effects of anabolic-androgenic steroids, it is the position of the ...

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BOSTON -- Men who stopped using illicit steroids experienced physical and mental adverse effects, according to a cross-sectional, observational study reported here. Compared with current users, men ...

The quick and dirty route to gaining strength is to take some kind of anabolic steroid. These drugs actually trick the body into building up muscle mass and endurance — but they can also age you far ...

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Purchasers of the vitamin B supplement, Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First B-50, are being warned the product may contain anabolic steroids. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received ...

1 Institute of Biochemistry, Center for Preventive Doping Research, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany 2 European Monitoring Center for Emerging Doping Agents (EuMoCEDA), Cologne/Bonn, ...

If you’re trying to build muscle, strength training is the best way to do it. Strength training damages the muscles, which causes them to repair and grow. The result is bigger, stronger muscles.

Editor's note: This is the first of an eight-week series of articles examining the effects of commonly abused substances on athletic performance and overall health. There should not be a controversy ...