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May 20, 2013
ALL schoolchildren should be taught about steroid dangers
This message delivered by the president of the World Anti Doping Agency is at the heart of our message – our kids need to be educated about the dangers of appearance and performance enhancing drugs.  Few of our children are being talked to about these drugs. Don The World Anti-Doping Agency has called for every […]
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May 3, 2013
Survey: Public unaware of level of PED use in schools
MLB.COM NEW YORK — Nine out of 10 Americans can tell you that illegal steroid usage is a major problem. But most of them believe that the epidemic begins and ends in professional sports without considering the rest of society. That finding, controversial though it may seem, was the main conclusion from the first survey […]
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Study: Adults minimize steroid use as problem
  NEW YORK (AP) — American adults rank steroid use among adolescents as less of a problem than alcohol, bullying, marijuana and sexually transmitted diseases, according to a study released Thursday that was co-commissioned by baseball’s Hall of Fame. Those polled also felt cocaine, obesity and eating disorders are bigger concerns. While 97 percent of […]
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May 2, 2013
Press Release: Nat'l Survey Reveals American Population Places Little Emphasis on Steroid Use Among High School Students
Taylor Hooton Foundation, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, PBATS Join inCollaborative Study with UMass-Boston on Report on Steroid Use of High School Youth (NEW YORK) – Ninety-seven percent of the American public believes that negative health effects existfrom using steroids, yet only nineteen percent believe that steroid use is a big problem among […]
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April 29, 2013
Steroids used in prison strength competition
Cons pull out of prison strongman contest over fears they’ll be busted for taking steroids   WEIGHTLIFTING competition cancelled after drug tests puts jail musclemen in the frame for prison punishments for their use of body-building steroids. A PRISON strongman contest has been cancelled because cons feared they would fail drug tests for steroids. The […]
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April 27, 2013
THF to announce results of National Survey This Week
Anti-steroid crusader Don Hooton to unveil results of study on steroid abuse among teenagers Hooton will be in New York on Thursday to unveil the results of a national survey funded by the Baseball Hall of Fame, the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers Society and his foundation on steroid use among young people. Anti-steroid crusader Don […]
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April 24, 2013
Teens Hooked on Steroids
Youths in the NSW Hunter region are increasingly taking huge cocktails of steroids, human growth hormones and over-the-counter energy supplements in a bid to carve out the perfect body. The black market trade in performance- and image-enhancing drugs  has become part of the region’s high school drug culture with teenagers as young as 15 admitting to […]
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Are Sports Supplements Killing Us?
With the death of a London Marathon runner now linked to a popular sports supplement, we had to ask “DMAA is like a poster child for why the laws do not work that regulate supplements.” ABSTRACT: Its been a busy month for supplements. Ray Lewis gets caught using Deer Antler spray. New York Yankees catcher […]
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April 12, 2013
Monster energy drink linked to heart disease
Carnitine, a compound found naturally in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks, has been found to advance hardening of the arteries in a study released April 7. Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic analyzed the cardiac evaluations of nearly 2,600 patients and measured their carnitine and trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) levels. the study […]
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April 11, 2013
Bodybuilder admits nationwide steroid dealing
A champion bodybuilder has today admitted running a nationwide steroid dealing operation. Phil Musson, 44, was a “significant importer, manufacturer and supplier” of performance and image-enhancing drugs, including anabolic steroids, a court has heard. Musson pleaded guilty to 156 charges laid under the Medicines Act 1981 at Christchurch District Court today. He also pleaded guilty […]
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