Hoot's Corner

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

  A Christchurch personal trainer has admitted 156 charges of selling unlawful medicines, including anabolic steroids and testosterone. The Ministry of Health has withdrawn another 155 charges against Phillip James Musson, 44, who remains in custody for sentencing in June in the Christchurch District Court. Musson has also admitted charges of forgery and using a […]

A recent NPR segment summed up the stakes in the emerging controversy over DMAA, a dietary stimulant used to boost focus and performance in sports, and as an ingredient in some weight loss products: In 2011, DMAA enjoyed a $100 million market in the US alone. But after two soldiers, one of whom “had a […]

by:  Millard Baker, Meso-RX The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Chinese government just learned something about anabolic steroids that has been common knowledge in the bodybuilding community for well over a decade. Where (what country) do most underground steroid labs (UGLs) and steroid “home-brewers” obtain their steroid powders? For those steroid-using bodybuilders who have […]

Many sports have had their share of scandals involving steroid use, performance enhancing drugs and blood doping. Recently, some of major league baseball’s luminaries have come under suspicion for using banned substances. However, baseball is by no means the only sport to have come under scrutiny for this kind of behavior. Cycling, football, mixed martial […]

Over the weekend, news started to circulated among members of the bodybuilding community that another life had been prematurely cut short. Nasser El Sonbaty died last week; presumably of kidney failure that began as an aggressive and persistent kidney infection. Matt Duvall had died just a week earlier while Joe Weider’s death was verified yesterday. […]