Doses of steroids and unlawful medicines seized

In what is believed to be the largest international medicine trafficking ring, police have seized 700,000 doses of anabolic steroids, growth hormones, and other unlawful medicines.
Police arrested 26 people, including the manager of a cycling club.
From Thereader.es:

Amongst the drugs kidnapped in the 19 separate property searches carried out today were hundreds of thousands of [...]

Raimondas Rumsas tests positive during Giro d’Italia

The Lithuanian who finished third in last year’s Tour de France amid allegations of banned-drug use, Raimondas Rumsas, has tested positive en route to sixth place in the Giro d’Italia.
The notorious blood-booster erythropoietin (EPO) had been found after stage six, according to anti-doping sources in Rome.
From Guardian.co.uk:

Lampre have not been invited back to this year’s [...]

Health watchdog recommends enhance painkiller use monitoring

The Care Quality Commission has urged professional bodies of doctors to draw up guidance on the appropriate prescribing of painkillers and amphetamines in response to the growing use on patients by professionals belonging to the health fraternity.
The commission remarked that the “safety gains” achieved during the last three years “are not [...]

Dangers of human growth hormones

The use of synthetic hormones like Kigtropin can possibly result in enhanced performance and muscle definition but can also mean side effects like blood clotting, paralysis, or a prison sentence. Despite of this fact, more and more individuals are making use of HGH and there is just no stopping the use of [...]

Benefits of anti-aging hormones score less than risks

Promotion and distribution of growth hormones for non-medical purposes was criticized by Dr. Thomas T. Perls, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine in response to a recently released report by the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health.
Dr. Perls appreciated the courage displayed [...]

Benefits of anti-aging hormones less than risks

Dr. Thomas T. Perls, an associate professor of medicine at Boston University School of Medicine disapproved the promotion and distribution of growth hormones that are presently abused for non-medical purposes in the wake of the recently released report by the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health.
In an editorial [...]

Health risks reduced in large, retired athletes by staying active

Active soccer players can easily prevent the progression of pre-diabetes to become real diabetes by leading an active lifestyle. It was also noted that larger body size of professional soccer players is not a factor determining risk enhancement for development of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular disease after retirement. This finding was disclosed by a research presented [...]

Larger athletes stay protected from being active

According to a research that was presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2008, larger body sizes of professional soccer players do not increase the risks of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular disease after they go into retirement.
Benjamin D. Levine, M.D., senior author of the study and director of the Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine [...]

Retire athletes can benefit from leading active lifestyle

The larger size of professional football players does not increase the risk of atherosclerosis or cardiovascular disease after they retire, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2008.
It was revealed that retired National Football League (NFL) players had a significantly lower prevalence of hypertension, sedentary lifestyles, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome than [...]

Trio jailed for steroid importation

Three fitness club members were recently jailed due to their participation in an illegal steroid and growth hormone importation in the Far East.
All three were recruited by others from the Darlington gym. They were recruited to transfer money to China and Thailand to buy drugs.
David Newcombe was involved for three years and was able to [...]