HIV activist Michael Mooney speaks about the therapeutic applications of testosterone and anabolic steroids for HIV wasting in a deleted scene from “Bigger Stronger Faster.” Mooney is the co-author of Built to Survive (along with Nelson Vergel) and wrote about steroids and HIV for the anabolic steroid and bodybuilding magazine Muscle Media 2000. I still meet people who […]
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Steroid Smuggling Advice from Corrupt Boston Cop
Roberto Pulido (aka Kiko aka Anthony Williams) was an corrupt officer with the Boston Police Department who was involved in various illegal activities including steroid dealing. He regularly imported anabolic steroids such as Winstrol, Dianabol, Deca Durabolin and Testosterone from a Greek source; he ordered them by phone, deposited funds in the source’s U.S. bank […]
Anabolic Steroid Protocol for Elite Sprinters
BALCO’s Victor Conte provides a detailed outline of performance enhancing drugs for elite level (sprint) track athletes in a letter written to Dwain Chambers entitled “Improving UK Sport’s Anti-doping Policies and Procedures.” Victor Conte’s letter details how elite track athletes can used performance enhancing drugs to maximize performance with precise dosing and timing for each ergogenic drug. 1. THG […]
Major Bodybuilding Research Chemical Website Busted – ResearchChemist.com
ResearchChemist.com, a major research chemical website operating out of Georgia, was busted this week. The website sells various bodybuilding ancillary drugs such as Cabergoline, Clomiphene, Sildenafil, Diphenhydramine, Dutasteride, Exemestane, Tadalifil, Finasteride, Letrozole, Tamoxifen, and Vardenafil (“Police: Mansion Residents Earning $30K A Day Making Drugs,” May 14). Roswell police Lieutenant James McGee said Tuesday the operation sold HGH, […]
How Athletes Can Exploit the Testosterone Loophole Explained in New Study
The New York Times highlights the “testosterone loophole” in anti-doping tests reporting on a recent study that finally explains the phenomena that allows some athletes to get away with indiscriminate use of exogenous testosterone. This is the same study that has been discussed in the blogosphere for over a month on various doping and steroid-related […]
Teen Extracurricular Steroid Chemistry and Marketing Experiment
Matthew Wong is not your average 17-year old high school student. He is an innovative entrepreneur, lacking in his legal education, who used the internet to order raw steroid powder from China to manufacture and distribute anabolic steroids in extracurricular chemistry and marketing experiments. Unlike his high school classmates, Wong has been in jail for the […]
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 […]
Anabolic Steroids Cause Irrational Exuberance in the Stock Market
Researchers have recently discovered that the anabolic-androgenic steroid testosterone may be responsible for “irrational exuberance” that leads to the stock market bubbles that precipitate market crashes (“Male sex hormone may affect stock trades,” April 14). The hormone that drives male aggression and sexual interest also seems able to boost short term success at finance. But what […]