Parker, Melancon, Tomczyk share stories with children at PNC Park Brian Parker knows the ill effects performance-enhancing drugs can have, and that is why he, along with the Pirates’ training staff and closer Mark Melancon, stressed the negative effects of steroid use to a group of 120 children Monday morning at PNC Park as part of […]

MLB, Hooton Foundation join forces to educate public about pitfalls of steroid use The death of his brother, Taylor Hooton, is still rooted in Donald Hooton Jr.’s everyday life, but Donald manifests that sorrow into promise, having made it his mission to rid the use of appearance- and performance-enhancing drugs among the nation’s youth. Taylor […]

Child Athletes As Young As 12 Are Using Steroids, And Clearly Someone Is Supplying Them A hefty three-year study by the University of Canberra and Griffith University has shown the use of performing-enhancing drugs is rife among young Australian athletes. Over 900 athletes between the ages of 12-17 (i.e. kids) were interviewed, and roughly 4% of them (around 30) […]

  Christopher Wilson:   “I used steroids from 2005 to 2008.” In these times of drug use I thought of nothing but getting  bigger than my genetics will allow for the sake of competing in a body building show. Well, I never got the size I  was after.  Instead, I spent at least $600 a […]

Coroner’s Office: Ohio Teen Died From Lethal Dose Of Caffeine Powder An Ohio coroner’s office reported that the death of a high school prom king in May was caused by a lethal dose of caffeine powder. 18-year-old Logan Steiner died suddenly right before his graduation. He was a stand out student. “He was just a terrific […]

A father and son who owned a Farmingdale vitamin manufacturing company have agreed to cease all operations in the wake of a long-running federal investigation involving adulterated vitamins produced at their facility. Michael S. Ragno Sr. and Michael S. Ragno Jr. were cited last year by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for producing vitamins […]

The heart attack was six months ago. But Dan Clark still wears the plastic hospital bracelet on his wrist. “It’s tattered and frayed,” he said. “But it reminds me to be grateful that I’m alive.” Clark was a San Jose State football defensive lineman in the mid-1980s who later carved out a pop-culture niche as […]

Video: Meth Analogues a New Trend in Supplement Adulteration NSF International’s general manager, Lisa Thomas said NSF is finding methamphetamine analogues in illegal products that label themselves as dietary supplements. Thomas, general manager of NSF International’s dietary supplement programs, noted this alarming trend at the annual conference of the Collegiate and Professionals Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA) in May. […]

After a day of sipping energy drinks on the beach in Rocky Point, Mexico, 16-year-old Lanna Hamann went into cardiac arrest and died on June 14. While the cause of Hamann’s death is still unknown, the potential dangers of caffeinated energy drinks like Red Bull, Monster and Rock Star have public health advocates worried — and for […]

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requiring manufacturers to include a general warning in the drug labeling of all approved testosterone products about the risk of blood clots in the veins. Blood clots in the veins, also known as venous thromboembolism (VTE), include deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). The risk […]