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Criminal law will be used to stop steroid use in horse racing

Elik, right, and Ryan Moore, on their way to winning the Height of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood. Picture: PA

Elik, right, and Ryan Moore, on their way to winning the Height of Fashion Stakes at Goodwood

Giving anabolic steroids to horses will become a criminal offence in the United Arab Emirates, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who also owns the Godolphin stables where 18 horses have failed tests for the drugs this year, said yesterday.… Continue Reading…

Lambesis blames murder plan on his steroid use

Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying performs in San Bernardino, California.

Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying performs in San Bernardino, California

As I Lay Dying frontman Tim Lambesis was on steroids when he tried to hire a hitman to kill his wife, the singer’s lawyer said yesterday in court.

Thomas Warwick, the singer’s lawyer, said heavy metal vocalist began taking steroids after getting into body building, according to the U-T San Diego. … Continue Reading…

Little is known about steroid use in the general population

EAST RIDING of Yorkshire Council is launching an awareness campaign about anabolic steroids, with a warning that their misuse can cause side effects including increased risk of strokes.

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Anabolic steroids are prescription-only drugs which are sometimes taken illegally to increase muscle mass and athletic performance. They are becoming more readily available through on-line sites which offer advice and information on how to get the ‘perfect body’.… Continue Reading…

Personal trainer tried to distribute 89,000 units of steroids

A Port Reading man was arrested today for conspiring to distribute more than 89,000 units of anabolic steroids in pill and liquid form, according to U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman.

Special agents with the Department of Homeland Security arrested Richard Gray, 60, who works as a personal trainer.

Gray was arrested as he attempted to pick up a package containing steroids, according to the U.S.… Continue Reading…

David Price to join us at our PLAY Event in Tampa this Saturday

David Price, Rays Athletic Training Staff, and the Taylor Hooton Foundation to educate local Tampa Bay area youth about the Importance of Leading Healthy and Active Lives

WHAT: 2013 national PLAY Campaign event to be hosted by the Tampa Bay Rays

PLAY, which stands for Promoting a Lifetime of Activity for Youth, is a national public awareness campaign of the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society (PBATS), in conjunction with the Taylor Hooton Foundation and MLB Charities.… Continue Reading…

Steroid use linked to future mental health problems

Washington: The use of anabolic-androgenic steroids may affect one`s mental health later in life, a new study has warned.

This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg.

Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use.… Continue Reading…

Georgia OL Kolton Houston still ineligible due to banned substance

ATHENS – As Georgia prepares to begin preseason football practices Thursday, Georgia offensive lineman Kolton Houston remains ineligible to compete for the Bulldogs, the school confirmed Thursday.

Houston, a redshirt sophomore offensive tackle from Buford, was ineligible last season due to what Georgia would say is only was “an NCAA issue.” But according to 10 pages of documents and letters released to the AJC on Thursday, Houston has been actively appealing a positive NCAA test for a banned substance since April of 2010. … Continue Reading…

Two Oceans women’s winner tests positive for steroids

Natalia Volgina

TWO Oceans Marathon women’s winner Natalia Volgina of Russia has tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid, the South African Institute for Drug-Free Sport (Saids) said on Thursday.

Volgina could face a two-year ban and be stripped of her title and R250,000 prize money if found guilty by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).… Continue Reading…

Defense: “My mind was ravaged by steroid use”

Lawyer for accused singer: steroids had ill effect

The lawyer for a California heavy metal singer accused of trying to hire someone to kill his estranged wife says the singer’s mind has been ravaged by steroid use.

U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/16EWVKZ) reports that the detail came to light during a Friday hearing for 32-year-old Timothy Lambesis, who has pleaded not guilty to solicitation for murder.

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Anabolic steroids may affect future mental health

There is a link between use of anabolic-androgenic steroids and reduced mental health later in life. This is the main conclusion of a new study on elite male strength athletes that researchers from the University of Gothenburg recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. Twenty per cent of the subjects in the study admitted steroid use.… Continue Reading…