While high school football coaches like Chris Connolly of Dolgeville High School have banned Gatorade and other dietary supplements out of fear that they may be a gateway to steroid use, Major League Baseball has actually embraced Gatorade as MLB’s “official sports drink.” Major League Baseball has now taken it a step further and banned water […]
Steroid News
Greek Weightlifters Test Positive for Anabolic Steroid Methyltrienolone
Eleven of the fourteen members of the Greek National Weightlifting Team have tested positve for the anabolic steroid methyltrienolone. Both samples A and B were positive for the steroid. This will likely result in the expulsion of the entire Greek Weightlifting Team from the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Methyltrienolone is a very toxic oral anabolic steroid. […]
Texas Steroid Network Sold Steroids to Shaun Kelley Weight Control Clinic
One of the co-defendants in the David Jacobs federal steroid investigation claims to have sold personal use quantities of anabolic steroids to Shaun Kelley, owner of Shaun Kelley Weight Control Clinic in Houston (“Suspect says he sold performance-enhancing drugs to clinic tied to Clemens,” April 24). A co-defendant in the Plano steroids trafficking ring linked […]
Steroid Seizures by Australian Customs in First Quarter 2008
Australian Customs has reported over 300 anabolic steroid seizures during the first three months of the year. This reportedly exceeds steroid seizures from previous years. The increase in steroid shipments confiscated by customs prior to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing is similar to increases seen prior to the 2000 Sydney Olympics (“Steroid imports not […]
U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Loses Its First Doping Case
Track sprinter LaTasha Jenkins is the first athlete to win a doping case against the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). She was charged with an adverse analytical finding after testing positive for the anabolic steroid nandrolone in both Sample A and Sample B in July 2006. She was banned from competition for two years. Last week, the World […]
Anti-Aging Industry and Ethical and Professional Misconduct?
An investigative series on anti-aging medicine by Brian Alexander of MSNBC is highly critical of the anti-aging industry. Alexander has interviewed a few academics to reinforce the skeptical overview of the industry suggesting the industry is more about financial profiteering than health optimization (“Mainstream docs join anti-aging bandwagon,” April 21). Dr. Thomas Perls, a Boston […]
Muscular Physique as a Marketing Tool for Cenegenics
A recent ad campaign by Cenegenics Medical Institute seen in various domestic in-flight magazines and on various websites featured the muscular torso of Dr. Jeffry Life, Chief Medical Officer of Cenegenics Las Vegas. One internet banner ad asks the question, “how does this 67-year old doctor have the body of a 30-year old?” The answer, in […]
Oklahoma Steroid Crackdown Involving Competitive Bodybuilders
Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control and the Tulsa Police Department’s Special Investigations Unit are preparing to make arrests in a major steroid bust in Oklahoma involving a gym owner and supplement store owner (Chris Goodman) along with at least one amateur bodybuilder (Keith Koppenhaver) and one professional bodybuilder (Guy Ducasse). Chris Goodman […]
Austrian Legislation Will Criminalize the Possession of Anabolic Steroids
Following the revelation of an international doping scandal centered in Austria, the Austrian government has announced legislation that will criminalize mere possession of anabolic steroid and/or other performance enhancing drugs. Previously, there was no punishment for possession of steroids (“Austria to tighten anti-doping law,” April 18). Legislation to tighten Austria’s anti-doping laws by criminalising possession […]
Jose Canseco’s Steroid Source Claims He is Anti-Steroid
Joseph Dion, currently a Miami-based personal trainer, told two Sports Illustrated reporters that he was the individual identified as “Max” in Jose Canseco’s book Vindicated. Canseco claimed that Max was a steroid dealer who provided baseball player Alex Rodriguez with steroids. Dion has refuted Canseco’s claims and told Sports Illustrated that he is completely anti-steroid […]