Arrest of FBI employees over use of steroids
Three FBI special agents and one FBI intelligence analyst were arrested recently on charges that they concealed the use of performance enhancing drugs, including steroids and human growth hormones.
The four accused were charged by U.S. prosecutors for lying on forms that are used to assess fitness for duty by omitting that they had [...]
Gainesville man caught with anabolic steroids
A Gainesville man stopped by law enforcement officials Friday for erratic driving was taken into custody after he was found to carry three vials of anabolic steroids in his truck.
A bulletin was issued about a red Ford pickup swerving while traveling northbound on Interstate 75 from Sumter County [...]
Tour de France and Doping Scandals
In the last few years, the focus of every one with an interest in cycling has changed from cyclists to the growing relationship between cyclists and anabolic steroids.
Big names Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador have been blamed of doping in sports.
From Reuters.com:
* 2010 - Alberto Contador, winner of the 2010 tour, tests positive for the [...]
Steroid charge denied by acquitted police officer
Pc Mark Carter, a West Yorkshire police officer and former Mr. Gay UK, has denied a drug offence alleging possession of an anabolic steroid.
Carter pleaded not guilty at Leeds Crown Court to a charge of possessing 277 tablets of a class C controlled drug Stanozolol on December 19, 2009.
From Yorkshirepost.co.uk:
The jury failed to reach a [...]
Katsuya Kitamura banned for doping
The 25-year-old Japanese Greco-Roman wrestling champion Katsuya Kitamura has been banned for two years, according to the Japan Wrestling Federation.
The champion was banned after testing positive for a muscle-building anabolic steroid.
From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
Japanese Greco-Roman wrestling champion Katsuya Kitamura has been banned for two years after testing positive for a muscle-building anabolic steroid, the Japan [...]
Underground steroid lab man sentenced
Warren Abramson, accused of manufacturing steroids at one of the largest underground steroid labs ever found in the United States and selling them on the Internet, has been sentenced.
The 33-year-old pleaded guilty in January to five counts of possession with intent to distribute anabolic steroids.
From Reuters.com:
Abramson was indicted by a federal grand jury last June [...]
Weight loss improves testosterone levels
Obese men who lose weight could secrete more of testosterone, the primary male sex hormone, as per a latest research.
“Morbidly obese men have a high prevalence of hypotestosteronenemia, or low testosterone, and of sexual dysfunction,” said study co-author Jean-Paul Thissen, professor at the University of Louvain in Brussels.
From Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com:
This study included 75 obese men who [...]
Bo Bowling gets chance in Canadian Football League
Former Oklahoma State wide receiver Bo Bowling is on the road back from drug charges in the Canadian Football League.
Bowling, the Tonkawa native, is a rookie on the Montreal Aloutettes’ training camp roster.
From Newsok.com:
In February 2009, Bowling was charged with three felony counts of drug possession — one of the drugs was an anabolic steroid [...]