This editorial from today’s Newcastle, Australia newspaper succinctly summarizes the risks that people are taking when they use steroids. Every visitor to this site should read this post. Don Steroid abuse is on the increase again. Popular some years ago, anabolic steroids fell into disfavour as their side-effects became apparent and “roid-heads” became objects of […]

A number of police departments around the country already test cops for steroids.  The problem of steroid use has gotten so rampant in New Jersey that some local papers are calling for testing all cops for steroids . . . to keep the public safe! Don In a three-part series published in December, The Star-Ledger […]

These numbers are consistent with numbers we’ve seen across the country.  Somewhere between 4-6% of all high school students admit to KNOWINGLY using anabolic steroids.  Please note that these numbers do not include the number of students who unknowingly ingest steroids via supplements that they purchase across the counter at the local health food store. […]

We’ve posted a lot here recently about the fact that supplements are not regulated.  And, so have a lot of other people. While reading one of the stories on this subject posted on the CBS News web site, I was reading one of the comments that were posted and thought it worth sharing. Parents – […]

It is devastating for anyone to find out that someone they cared about is hooked on an illegal substance such as anabolic steroids – but it is perhaps most devastating for a parent to find that out about their teenaged kids. One of the things that parents can do to ensure that their kids are […]

  The Senate recently approved a bill that includes a section that would strengthen the regulations on food supplements.   New rules for supplements are important because untold numbers of American young people-and adults-think these substances are safe because they can be bought off the shelves of health food stores, in gyms and from supermarkets […]

Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport Announces the Chair of the Task Force on the use of Performance Enhancing Drugs in Football and the Outcomes of the First Meeting (Ottawa, Ontario - December 9, 2010) - The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) is pleased to announce that Dr. Jack Taunton, former Chief Medical […]

News Flash: Steroids are still a problem in sports. Sure, the pros toughened their policies. Federal agents have had success catching suppliers. And a handful of pros have been busted. But the latest research shows a half-million teenagers admit to experimenting with illegal steroids. They are widely available on the Internet, or from misguided trainers, […]

Contaminated supplements put athletes at risk BY BRAD STENGER Athletes who take legal supplements instead of banned performance-enhancing drugs may be getting exactly what they seek to avoid. Nearly a quarter of supplements actually are tainted with steroids, according to sports medicine physician Jeff Anderson. Frank Shorter is an Olympic gold medal marathoner and founder of […]

Federal Efforts to Confront Youth Steroid Threat are a "Travesty" WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, The Taylor Hooton Foundation published an open letter in the USA Today's World Series Special Section addressing the steroid threat still facing America's youth-five years after the Congressional hearings on steroids in Major League Baseball. The letter calls upon the Congress and the Federal […]