Braun rejects all steroid allegations
Maintaining his innocence, Milwaukee leftfielder Ryan Braun disputed allegations that he took performance-enhancing substances when accepting his National League MVP.
“I always believed that a person’s character is revealed in those moments of adversity,” he said. “I have so much respect for the game of baseball. Everything I’ve done in my career has been [...]
Drugs scandal threaten Royal Australian Navy
Royal Australian Navy has been engulfed by a major scandal after revelations that sailors from a Sydney Harbour base may have been selling drugs to foreign backpackers.
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) and New South Wales police had confirmed that they are pursuing investigations about an alleged drug-dealing ring operating out of [...]
Bolt’s manager refutes claims
Ricky Simms, the manager for world-record-holder Usain Bolt, called an internet blog post associating the Jamaican sprinter to admitted steroids dealer “nonsense.”
The website Deadspin posted an article under the headline, “What Do Usain Bolt And Juan Manuel Marquez Have In Common? They Train With The Same Admitted Steroids Dealer.”
From Universalsports.com:
The accusation is rooted in the [...]
Steroids may be useful if given early in ARDS
The jury is still out on whether patients with acute lung injury and adult respiratory distress syndrome derive any benefit from the use of corticosteroids, according to Dr. Stephen M. Pastores.
“This is probably the most controversial topic in acute lung injury and ARDS,” Dr. Pastores of the department of anesthesiology and critical [...]
Olivier Renière banned
Steroids have once again brought trouble for the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football.
A running back with the Université de Montréal Carabins, Olivier Renière, was found to be using a substance on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s 2011 “prohibited list” and will be banned for two years from all CIS sports.
From Cupwire.ca:
Renière’s adverse result came out of [...]
Positive tests in India trials
According to NADA (National Anti-Doping Agency), ten out of 21 samples taken during a trial for the second Kabaddi World Cup have tested positive for banned steroids and a stimulant.
Kabaddi players’ samples contained prohibited steroids stanozolol, boldenone, nandrolone, and stimulant phentermine.
From Hindustantimes.com:
Doping is a major problem in Indian sport and NADA has been forced to [...]
Steroid ring suspects make court appearance
More than a dozen of the suspects arrested in a two-year multi-state and multi-agency investigation into a massive anabolic steroid ring appeared in the Warren County Court recently.
According to court officials, thirteen people accused of using or peddling the drugs faced a judge.
From Local12.com:
The Warren County Drug Task Force and the Warren County Prosecutor’s Office [...]
Steroids affect brain development in premature babies
Powerful steroids can affect brain development in premature babies, according to a recent study.
Animal studies found that the steroids called glucocorticoids affect a certain part of the brain, as per an explanation by researcher Emily Tam, MD, of the University of California-San Francisco.
From Voanews.com:
“The cerebellum is particularly targeted, resulting in cell death and [...]
Laraque’s allegations hurt NHL
George Laraque he is still getting under the skin of NHL players even after retiring long back from the NHL.
The ex-enforcer claims in his book “The Story of the NHL’s Unlikeliest Tough Guy” that the use of performance enhancing drugs was not contained to just enforcers like him but also extended to offensive stars.
From Foxnews.com:
Apparently [...]
Drug charges against Mr Gay dropped
Mark Carter, a police officer and former Mr Gay UK, who was cleared of raping a man in June, has had the remaining charges against him dropped.
The 28-year-old Carter was due to face trial later this year on separate charges of possessing the anabolic steroid, stanozolol.
From Bbc.co.uk:
Peter Mann, head of West Yorkshire [...]