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Performance Enhancing Drugs International Olympic Committee
1,376 wordsThe 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, proved to be one of the most exciting Olympic games of all time. World records fell in everyday of the 14 -day event; in every sport ranging from shuttlecock to track and field, records fell like dominos. The most competitive sport in the 1988 Olympiad was the men's 100 -meter dash, with a field consisting of the ten fastest men in the world, at the time. World record holder Ben Johnson, who shattered the world record by thirteen hundreds of a second a mo...
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Anabolic Steroids Steroid Abuse
308 wordsAnabolic steroids are drugs that promote the growth of skeletal muscle. They can be taken in pill form, by injecting into muscles or even by rubbing ointment preparations into the skin. Steroids are used by doctors to treat conditions that occur when the body produces abnormally low amounts of testosterone. Steroid abusers obtain these drugs by getting them from clandestine labs, smuggled from other countries or even diverted illegally from pharmacies. Anabolic steroid abuse mainly occurs in wei...
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Anabolic Steroids Androgenic Steroids
1,895 wordsAll about Steroids Understanding steroid Steroids nature Steroids that are used by athletes are the artificial form of testosterone, a human hormone released by the body to stimulate and maintain the male sexual organs. Testosterone is called a male hormone since it is produced in men in large quantities compared to the quantity produced in women (Mishra, 1 - 2). Hormones that are produced by the testes and the adrenal gland in men and ovaries and adrenal gland in women contains certain kind of ...
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Anabolic Steroids Drug Testing
1,841 words... Chill, euphoria, diarrhea, fatigue, fever, muscle cramps, headache, unexplained weight loss / gain , nausea and vomiting, vomiting blood, bone pains, depression, gallstone (Mishra, 4 - 5). Steroids effect on Adolescents: Steroids may stop the growth of the bones of the adolescents by closing the growth plates of the bones so kids will end up shorter than what they should have been (Anabolic steroids, 3). Psychological effects Moreover, steroids have psychological effects starting with aggres...
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Taking Steroids Baseball Players
800 wordsIn professional sports athletes are trying to gain and advantage on their opponents all the time, especially in baseball. Many professional baseball players take muscle enhancers and weight gainers to improve their game. The athletes that are really trying to get an edge on their opponents may resort to steroids. Baseball players should not be allowed to use steroids or muscle enhancers because, it gives them too much power, they have a better advantage over the other players, and it can cause m...
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Taking Steroids Risks Involved
1,636 wordsIn today's athletics, athletes are getting bigger, stronger, and faster. Whether an athlete plays high school or professional sports, it is getting harder for athletes to compete at a high level with all the competition. When an athlete is not good enough to make the team or is on a team and does not play much the athlete will do just about anything to improve themselves. Many athletes spend numerous hours practicing and lifting weights trying to get better at their sport, and still they lack wh...
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Cheating The Sport A Baseball Tragedy
1,470 wordsCheating the Sport: A Baseball Tragedy Commercial baseball has long become a distinctive form of an economic contest. Unlike most economic contests, demand in baseball arises more from interest in observation of the contest itself (e. g. a race or a match) than in the outcome of the contest. Being observed by the millions of faithful fans, professional baseball becomes a mere tragedy in the context of everlasting discourses regarding numerous issues. From the critical point of view, there are va...
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American Medical Association Androgenic Steroids
1,520 wordsWhat are steroids? Steroids are synthetic chemicals that mimic the hormones produced by the body. Hormones control bodily functions and are separated into various classifications such as adrenal, cortical, cardiac, bile salts, vitamins, and sex hormones. Anabolic steroids that build muscle tissue are classified as sex hormones and they stimulate the action of the male sex hormone testosterone. When testosterone is released at the appropriate time it has the natural effects of creating body size,...
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U S Department Health Care Costs
2,865 wordsThe Decriminalization of Steroids Everyone has a view on steroids whether or not it is shaped by mass media, schools, or peers. Not many people have a realistic idea of what steroids really are and what they do. I spent a few hours in various diet and fitness related chat rooms on the net while doing this paper and found out that the common stereotype is that all steroids are harmful and produce breasts. Some people believe supplements such as creatine and weight gain powder are steroids, which ...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Size And Strength
1,186 wordsMistakes People Make With Steroids Most people have the goal and dream to have the perfect body. They believe they will be more popular, or attractive if they achieve the body that they desire. But what lengths will people go to, to get the perfect body? One of the biggest problems in sports today, as many people know, is Steroids. Steroids can do wonders for your body, not only on the positive side, but the negative side as well. We all know they work, but are we willing to risk our health and ...
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Anabolic Steroids Taking Steroids
652 wordsAre steroids a drug? Yes, they are considered drugs and some types are illegal. These types of steroids are very controversial because they help body builders to bulk up fast and they make the body builder gain weight and loose fat in a short period of time. But on the other hand steroids also destroy the body. It causes different anatomy parts to either shrink or swell depending on whether the user in male or female. The main type of steroid abused is anabolic steroids, and they are the governm...
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Anabolic Steroids Steroid Abuse
310 wordsAnabolic steroids are drugs that promote the growth of skeletal muscle. They can be taken in pill form, by injecting into muscles or even by rubbing ointment preparations into the skin. Steroids are used by doctors to treat conditions that occur when the body produces abnormally low amounts of testosterone. Steroid abusers obtain these drugs by getting them from clandestine labs, smuggled from other countries or even diverted illegally from pharmacies. Anabolic steroid abuse mainly occurs in wei...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs International Olympic Committee
1,437 wordsSteroid Steroids May 11, 2000 Steroid Use Should Be Legalized The 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, proved to be one of the most exciting Olympic games of all time. World records fell in everyday of the 14 -day event; in every sport ranging from shuttlecock to track and field, records fell like dominos. The most competitive sport in the 1988 Olympiad was the mens 100 -meter dash, with a field consisting of the ten fastest men in the world, at the time. World record holder Ben Johnson, who sha...
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Taking The Drug Side Effects
964 wordsMost people have the goal and dream to have the perfect body. They believe they will be more popular, or attractive if they achieve the body that they desire. But what lengths will people go to, to get the perfect body. The biggest problem in sports today, as many people know, is steroids. Steroids do wonders for your body, but not only on the positive side, but the negative side as well. We all know they work, clinical studies have concluded what athletes have know for 30 years, anabolic steroi...
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Taking Steroids Stop Taking
502 wordsSteroids are aSteroids Steroids Steroids are a synthetic version of the human hormone called testosterone, and they can be very addictive. Currently, there are more than 100 different types of steroids that have been developed. The two most common are gamma hydroxy butyrate, also known as GHB, and clenbuterol. Steroid use is never safe, whether in large or small doses; in fact, it is so dangerous that very few studies have been done with humans. According to the 1999 survey, 2. 7 percent of 8 th...
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Mood Swings Taking Steroids
527 wordsSteroids: The Easy Way To Destruction Athletes use of steroids is very popular these days, but even though steroids do produce quick gains in muscle size, they also have some very serious side effects. After long-term use, steroids can cause a change in behavior, a decrease in the bodys natural hormone production, and most seriously of all, addiction. One very noticeable characteristic of steroids use is a great chance in the behavior of the user. The major behavioral change is an uncontrollable...
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