Use of anabolic steroids triggers aggression in long term

The use of anabolic steroids can possibly have long-term effects on aggression and behavior much after the abuse of these performance enhancing drugs has been stopped, according to Northeastern University psychology professor Richard Melloni.
The research was funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), one of the world’s foremost medical research centers.
From Sciencedaily.com:

The researchers initially [...]

Use of steroids among teen and sports

Steroid use in teens and unhealthy weight control behaviors are commonly linked with sport participation where real or perceived weight specifications matter, as per researchers at the University of Minnesota.
Anabolic androgenic steroids that are synthetic derivatives of testosterone, the male hormone, are in great demand among professional sportsmen in order to [...]

Use of steroids supported by Dallas Mavericks’ owner

The Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, remarked that he supports a supervised use of steroids for athletes while addressing a group of American university students.
“Common sense” suggests that athletes can get benefited from use of steroids if they are made legal as per Cuban while speaking at a student forum at the University of Pittsburgh [...]

Loss of medals for teammates of Jones

The US women who won the Sydney Olympic 4×400-metre relay and came third in the 4×100m relay along with drug-tainted Marion Jones have been stripped of their medals by the International Olympic Committee after Jones tested positive.
The committee’s executive board took this extreme step after Jones admitted that she indulged into doping during the games. [...]

Steroid association leads to job termination of Red Fox Staffers

During an investigation by Major Baseball League, two security staff members of the Boston Red Sox were fired last year for their involvement in steroids.
The incident was reported by The Boston Globe. It was revealed that there was no evidence suggesting that the staff had sold performance enhancing drugs to players [...]

FDA urged by Psoriasis Advocacy Group to approve Topical steroids

A joint hearing of two Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committees was urged by Psoriasis Cure Now, a nonprofit patient advocacy group, to approve over-the-counter (OTC) use of specific topical steroids that presently require a prescription.
Topical corticosteroids play a major role when it comes to treating as many as 6.5 million [...]

Anabolic steroid use could lead to weakened heart

Anabolic steroids pose a great threat to health besides being illegal, as per Aaron L. Baggish, M.D., lead author of the study and instructor in the Department of Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
It was disclosed in a research reported in Circulation: Heart Failure, an American Heart Association journal, that [...]

Sore throats not treatable for steroids among all

Despite the fact that corticosteroids are generally prescribed and used for treating sore throats based on their inflammation-quelling powers, there is little or no evidence suggesting the same.
The finding was disclosed to Reuters by study co-author Dr. Brian H. Rowe of the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
From Reuters.com:

For those with known strep [...]

Sports, use of steroids, and unhealthy weight control among teenagers

According to researchers at the University of Minnesota, sports participation with real or perceived weight requirements, such as ballet, wrestling, and gymnastics is strongly associated with unhealthy weight control behaviors and steroid use in teenagers.
The growing popularity of steroids is concerning doping and government authorities that are urging consumers not to [...]

Anabolic steroids for muscle building can lead to brain cell damage

People making use of anabolic steroids for muscle building could be destroying their brain cells in a big way without even being aware of it, as per researchers from the Yale School of Medicine.
The researchers found that steroids may lead to elevated testosterone levels that could lead to nerve cell damage.
From Medicalnewstoday.com:

Hyperexcitability, a [...]