CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Food and Drug Administration is warning that an arthritis pain supplement called Arth-Q contains ibuprofen as a hidden drug ingredient, posing the risk of side effects and drug interactions to people who take the supplement. The FDA’s warning is part of a larger effort to bring attention to dietary supplements and conventional foods […]

A recent study mirrors steroid use among gay and lesbian University students. Rick Weinmeyer came out as gay when he was a 19-year-old University of Minnesota student, and he had depression on and off for years afterward. Having supportive friends and a strong interest in public health kept him from engaging in high-risk activities, he […]

BY MASON ATKINS On Monday, the journal Pediatrics released a study on steroid use by teenage boys. The research’s most telling discovery was the rate of steroid use among teenage boys who identified as either gay or bisexual; 21 percent of gay or bisexual respondents indicated they had used steroids to promote muscle gain and improve body image […]

A new medical study draws a link between testosterone supplements and heart attacks. An analysis authored by epidemiologist William Finkle and researchers at UCLA of insurance claims for more than 55,000 men looked at the rate of heart attacks within 90 days of starting testosterone. In men 65 and older, the risk more than doubled. […]

IFBB Pro Melody Spetko is reporting that heavyweight female bodybuilder Terri Harris has passed away. Terri, 49, who competed in the female bodybuilding category of at the IFBB Tampa Pro is believed to have suffered a heart attack. Leading tributes to Terri, Melody said: “Truly one very sad moment. I was just informed that Terri Harris, who made her pro […]

Weighing 135kg (297.6lb), Seccarecci’s height and thickly muscle-bound arms – huge even by the standards of his fellow competitors – brought him acclaim both on the bodybuilding circuit and in his native Italy. There he was the subject of an hour-long special on the music and entertainment channel MTV and appeared on Lo Show Dei […]

FEMALES have always taken the cake – or rather left it alone – when it comes to obsessing over body image, but this time it is the blokes making headlines. Schoolboys, some as young as 13, are said to be experimenting with anabolic steroids in order to build muscle mass, and the problem is not […]

A new report from the Journal of the American Medical Association found that dietary supplements account for half of all class-one drug recalls in the United States. The research, supported by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, showed that over a nine-year period (2004–2012), 51 percent of the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) recalls involved dietary […]

Ever since Georges St-Pierre first announced his plans to take a hiatus from the sport of MMA, the tension between the former welterweight champ and the UFC has been exponentially growing. And on Tuesday, GSP added a little more fuel to the fire, admitting that one of the main reasons he decided to vacate his welterweight […]

FDA Initiates New Online Reporting Method for Dietary Supplement Adverse Events to Facilitate Reporting http://www.fda.gov/Food/NewsEvents/ConstituentUpdates/ucm381317.htm The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now accepting online submission of voluntary and mandatory dietary supplement adverse event reports. Anyone can submit a voluntary dietary supplement adverse event report (3500 form). The FDA encourages physicians, in particular, to […]