In the past decade or so, doctors have started to see men who are so hung up on beefing up their bodies that it becomes an obsession.
Some of them even end up with liver or kidney damage after overdosing on anabolic steroids in their frenzy to become Mr Muscle Man.… Continue Reading...
A man who took steroids to build up his muscles died after he became paranoid and fell from the balcony of a third-floor apartment.
Mark Clooney, 31, was taking nandrolone, an anabolic steroid popular with bodybuilders. The substance was in his system at the time of his death, a toxicology report stated.… Continue Reading...
More than 320 kilograms of steroids were confiscated by police last year, a 1756 per cent increase.
Australia’s pursuit of the perfect pecs, abs and biceps has led to an explosion in the number of arrests and seizures for illegal steroids.
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission has released its annual illicit drug data report, revealing a record number of busts across nearly all drug categories including performance and image-enhancing drugs.… Continue Reading...
RIO 2016! It’s a showcase for the triumph of the human spirit, opportunity for the world’s top athletes to have all the sex, and a possible looming health disaster of epic proportions. High jump over here for all of Thrillist’s coverage of the games, and the games beyond the games.
“Explosive workouts.” “Extreme pumps.” “Enhanced endurance.” These are just some of the marketing claims used to promote nitric oxide (NO) supplements. Interestingly though, NO supplements don’t actually contain any nitric oxide, which is a gas. Instead, these types of supplements usually contain amino acids plus various other ingredients. So will these supplements fulfill their promises of improving your performance or are they just “full of hot air”?
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(CNN) — Here’s a look at performance-enhancing drugs in sports.
The issue has gained prominence in the last 10 years as a result of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative (BALCO) investigation, tell-alls by former professional athletes, a 2007 report on drugs in professional baseball and a scandal involving Russia’s 2014 Olympic team.… Continue Reading...
James Harrison #92 of the Pittsburgh Steelers is introduced prior to the game against the New Orleans Saints at Heinz Field on November 30, 2014 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Gregory Shamus/Getty)
The NFL steroid scandal has pinned Green Bay player James Harrison and three others for using the banned substance. All four linebackers deny the Al-Jazeera doping allegations reported late last year.… Continue Reading...
Hungary’s Kalman Csengeri placed fourth in the 165-pound class in weightlifting in the 1988 Games in Seoul, but was later disqualified for using PEDs. JOE PATRONITE/GETTY IMAGES
Booze?! Seriously?
It’s true: The first banned substance an Olympian was caught using was ethanol. At the 1968 Mexico City Games, Sweden’s Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall helped power his country to third place in the pentathlon, only to see the bronze medal go to France when he failed a drug test and got his team disqualified.… Continue Reading...
RIO DE JANEIRO — Russia was stripped of a relay gold medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics on Tuesday after one of its female runners tested positive for steroids in a reanalysis of her doping samples.
Sprinter Yulia Chermoshanskaya tested positive for two drugs — stanozolol and turinabol — and has been retroactively disqualified and stripped of the gold in the women’s 4×100-meter relay, along with her teammates, the International Olympic Committee said.
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Of the approximately 11,000 athletes competing in Rio, at least 120 have served suspensions or had to return medals for doping and were reinstated in time for this year’s Games. This is about one out of every 100 competitors.
As of Friday, 28 of the 773 medals that had been awarded were won by athletes who had served suspensions for doping.
