Confirm Biosciences has released a new home anabolic steroid testing kit this month. CNBC’s Sports Biz with Darren Rovell thinks it would be useful for parents to test their children for steroid use. Athletes may found it useful and convenient to monitor the elimination of banned substances from their bodies. STEROIDCONFIRM’ enables sports trainers, employers […]
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“Stupidity and Mistakes of the Anti-Doping Crusade”
Velo Vortmax blasts WADA for its resistance to change in the face of additional new evidence that the testosterone:epitestosterone ratio test is flawed (“Genetic variations in enzyme UGT2B17: Implications,” April 3). WADA refuses to worry about trivial genetic factors. WADA is loath to do longitudinal tests of athletes. WADA might find a variable that might […]
Common Doping Test for Athletes is Unfair (and Racist)
The testosterone:epitestosterone ratio (T:E ratio) test is a commonly used test designed to catch athletes who artificially manipulate their testosterone levels (usually with exogenous testosterone). The T:E ratio is routinely used in doping protocols around the world at all levels of sport. Unfortunately, the T:E ratio is not very effective. This has been common knowledge […]
Arizona to Restrict Medical Use of Anabolic Steroids by Police Officers
The Phoenix Police Department has experienced its fair share of problems with the use of anabolic steroids by its officers over the past couple of years. An investigation by the local Phoenix CBS affiliate and KPHO.com exposed widespread use of steroids in the Phoenix PD. A subsequent federal investigation by the DEA and internal probe […]
Testosterone:Epitestosterone Ratio Test – False Negatives and False Positives
The scientific and anti-doping community continue to struggle with the development a test for exogenous growth hormone in athletes. They haven’t even been able to produce scientific evidence that growth hormone enhances athletic performance in spite of anecdotal evidence [from athletes and strength coaches] that this is the case. But science continues to do a […]
Floyd Landis and Court of Arbitration for Sport
The Floyd Landis hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) began today in Manhattan; for an excellent overview as usual see TBV. The five day appeal hearing is the last remedy in the appeal process for Floyd’s doping case involving positive testosterone test (“Landis, Stripped of Tour Title, Begins Final Appeal,” March 19). […]
Steroid Witch Hunt Expands to Include Physicians in Houston
Reporters from around the country have descended upon Houston, Texas pursuing their steroid witch hunt against anyone who may have used steroids or could have potentially provided anabolic steroids to Major League Baseball players e.g. Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte. The targets in their steroid investigation have expanded from fitness professionals Kelly Blair (of 1-on-1 Elite Personal Fitness) and […]
Football Player Sues Supplement Company for Undeclared Steroidal Ingredient
No sooner than I finished writing an article critical of the supplement industry does a professional football player file a lawsuit against a supplement company for containing steroids in their supplements (due to either contamination or intentional “spiking” of the ingredients). It gives me no pleasure to write this story because the defendant is a […]
Synergistic Effects of Growth Hormone with Performance Enhancing Drugs
Dr. Gary Gaffney from Steroid Nation posted an article on Huffington Post about the performance enhancing effects of human growth hormone. Gaffney responds to so-called experts who assert with certainty that growth hormone does not help performance in sports. As Lou Schuler stated in a recent post, the true effects of growth hormone on performance […]
Taking Anabolic Steroids and Syringes on an Airplane
With all the steroid hysteria, it is not difficult to forget that anabolic steroids are legal and have therapeutic uses. Many assume it is forbidden take injectable steroids and syringes/needles on board a domestic airline in carryon luggage. According to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration), there is nothing illegal about taking […]