Hoot's Corner

  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 […]

We held a telephonic press conference yesterday regarding the position that Senate Candidate Linda McMahon has taken on the steroid topic. I should note CLEARLY that we are not advocating a vote for or against Mrs. McMahon.  We are simply pointing out the profound responsibility that we believe she has on this important topic which […]

YOUNG gym users are being warned to not give in to the temptation of steroid use after a local gym user broke his silence over the emerging culture. The 21-year-old, who declined to be named, trains mostly in gym and said he had seen teens as young as 16 experimenting with the drug. He claims […]

Use of Steroids in the UK is on the rise According to The Guardian and The Independent, the Government has urged for a ban over the online import ofanabolic steroids. The anabolic steroids are basically taken by men to strengthen up their muscles and to encourage athletic traits, but have been taken by a quarter of a […]

BY CHRISTINE RIVET, RECORD STAFF University athletes are clearly the best and the brightest, but what makes so many want to inject themselves with toxic sludge in the pursuit of excellence? Don Hooton thinks he has the answer. "A lack of knowledge," said the Texas-based anti-doping crusader who brings his message to the University of […]

The much needed attention against steroid use By Don Hooton & Rob Housman - 09/10/10 11:05 AM ET A recent op-ed on these pages by filmmaker Richard S. Schiffrin takes the view that Congress and the Administration have expended too much time and resources investigating the use of steroids by Roger Clemens and other professional baseball players. […]