Suspected steroid ring busted

Authorities broke up a suspected steroid ring in Florida that was accused of distributing anti-aging treatments to celebrities and muscle building drugs to professional athletes.
Officials said at least eight people were arrested in Florida, New York, and Texas.
From Reuters.com:

“There are celebrities involved in the case as consumers,” Albany District Attorney David Soares told reporters in [...]

NFL investigators hold meeting with steroids dealer

Investigators from the National Football League (NFL) recently had a meeting with the convicted steroids dealer, David Jacobs. Jacobs recently said that he offered performance enhancing drugs to professional players, as per a report by the New York Times.
Jacobs pleased guilty in the federal court last year for a conspiracy to possess drugs with an [...]

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 [...]

Steroids in Football

Steroids are used almost everywhere in today’s world. Professional games such as athletics, rugby, and baseball are already in the easy grasp of steroids. The world of football has not been left untouched by the use of performance enhancing steroids.
The fact that no one is eager to watch dead rubber matches or slow moving athletes [...]