An article on the Psychology Today blog by Steven Kotler asked the question, “what makes a drug performance-enhancing?” It cites the WADA rules for banning performance enhancing drugs. According to the World Anti-Doping Code, three substance categories govern the chemistry of cheating—1) It has the potential to enhance or enhances sport performance 2) It represents […]
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Does Growth Hormone Speed Recovery and Improve Performance?
The debate over the performance-enhancing effects in baseball of growth hormone continues without a clear answer. Does growth hormone help recovery and healing from injury? Does growth hormone improve baseball performance? Various people have made the case that GH does not help baseball players; others claim the drug helps improve performance dramatically. Lou Schuler of Male Pattern […]
Therapeutic Use of Testosterone and HGH Granted in Football Players
John Lombardo, M.D. is the drug advisor to the NFL on anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. He has granted waivers to football players who have tested positive for anabolic steroids based on medical need. The medical rationale was “testicular disease” in each case. John Lombardo, has granted waivers to players who have failed drug […]
Roger Clemens Statistical Report Tries to Refute Steroid Allegations
Agents for Roger Clemens at Hendricks Sports Management released a detailed statistical analysis of Roger Clemens’ performance over the course of his career. In summary, the report lists various factors occurring later in his career that contributed to the maintenance of a high quality of pitching by Roger Clemens. These factors include adaptions in “style […]
Pharmaceutical Company Studying Growth Hormone and IGF-1 Stack
Tercica announced that they just started a Phase II clinical trial examining the efficacy of IGF-1 stacked with human growth hormone (GH). Unfortunately for bodybuilders and athletes, the outcome measure in this study is not performance enhancement, increases in lean muscle mass, or loss in body fat. The objective is to measure “height velocity” and […]
Russian Anti-Doping Agency Turns to USADA
Russia has funded the new Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RusADA) with new equipment and $5 million. RusADA is an independent agency created to test athletes for anabolic steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. Representatives from RusADA are visiting the United States to learn more about the U.S. doping control program – United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) – […]
Steroid Debate Video For Steroid Use in Sports
Here are the video clips of panelists in the steroid debate that argue for the use of anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs in competitive sports i.e. Norm Fost, Julian Savulescu and Radley Balko. The video of panelists arguing against the motion, Dick Pound, Dale Murphy, George Michaels is available here. Norm Fost, MD Arguing […]
Steroid Debate Video Against Steroid Use in Sports
Last week, I told you about a fascinating debate where panelists argued for and against the motion “We should accept performance enhancing drugs in competitive sports.” Although I thought the panel against the motion was outmatched by Norm Fost, Julian Savulescu and Radley Balko, it was still a very interesting debate. Now video and audio […]
Watch the Debate Over Anabolic Steroid Use by Athletes
The video of the debate is available at Steroid Report. The unedited audio of the debate over anabolic steroid use by athletes that we reported earlier is now available from NPR. The steroid debate was hosted by Intelligence Squared and featured Radley Balko, Norman Fost, and Julian Savulescu arguing for the motion We should accept performance-enhancing drugs […]
Steroids in Baseball Facts and Assumptions
Matt Welch of the Reason blog tells us about a new steroids in baseball website that critically examines assumptions, particularly those in the Mitchell Report, about steroids and performance-enhancing drugs as they related to Major League Baseball. Eric Walker’s stated goal behind the website: The purpose of these pages is to methodically dissect those claims […]