Latest Anabolic steroid Stories

By Amy NortonNEW YORK -- Anabolic steroid users may behave aggressively for a long time after stopping the drug, but the behavior -- and some of the brain changes linked to it -- may be reversible, animal research suggests.In an experiment with teenage hamsters given anabolic steroids, scientists found that the animals continued to chase and bite their brethren for days during withdrawal from the muscle-building hormones.At the same time, activity in the brain's vasopressin system, which is...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Treatment with steroids for low blood pressure in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants may increase the risk of brain damage and death, new findings suggest. The researchers call for more forward-looking studies to assess the safety of this treatment. VLBW infants weight less than 3 lbs. 5 oz and are at increased risk for death and a variety of complications, including lung and heart problems. Steroids are often given to VLBW infants to prevent or treat...

By Sophie Hardach SESTRIERE, Italy (Reuters) - All 10 Austrian athletes tested during a drugs swoop last Saturday by International Olympic Committee (IOC) officials at the Winter Games have proved negative, Leo Wallner, president of the Austrian Olympic Committee, told Reuters on Friday. The Austrian biathlon and cross-country skiing teams have been the subject of an IOC and police investigation after blood transfusion equipment was found at lodgings in the raid. "It's a good result...

By Patrick Vignal CESANA, Italy (Reuters) - Brazil have sent bobsledder Armando dos Santos home from the Winter Olympics after he failed a test for the banned substance nandrolone -- the first athlete to leave the Games in doping shame. "The Brazilian Olympic Committee conducted tests in Brazil prior to the Games and he (Dos Santos) was found positive for nandrolone," Brazilian ice sports team leader Eric Maleson said on Tuesday. "It's very unfortunate because the policy of the...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major League Baseball owners on Thursday unanimously approved the strengthened drug-testing program announced earlier this week with the players' union. "I believe that our new policy will remove the integrity cloud that the use of steroids and other performance-enhancing substances has caused the game," Commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday at baseball's quarterly meeting in Milwaukee. The new policy calls for stiffer sanctions for steroid use, including a 50-game...

By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major League Baseball and its players' union, under threat of U.S. congressional intervention, agreed on Tuesday to toughen penalties for steroids and other performance-enhancing drugs. According to a summary of the agreement, a player would face a 50-game suspension for a first offense, a 100-game suspension for a second and a "lifetime" expulsion for a third, though they could apply for reinstatement after two years. Baseball's current...

By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major League Baseball and its players' union agreed on Tuesday to stiffen rules regarding the use of illegal steroids, U.S. lawmakers said. The deal calls for a 50-game ban for a first failed drug test, a 100-game suspension for a second, and a lifetime ban for a third, they said. Players facing a lifetime ban would be able to apply for reinstatement after two years. Baseball's current sanctions for steroid use are a 10-day suspension for a...

By Steve Ginsburg WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major League Baseball and its players' union agreed on Tuesday to stiffen rules regarding the use of illegal steroids, U.S. lawmakers said. The deal calls for a 50-game ban for a first failed drug test, a 100-game suspension for a second, and a lifetime ban for a third, they said. Players facing a lifetime ban would be able to apply for reinstatement after two years. Baseball's current sanctions for steroid use are a 10-day suspension for a...

The addition of testosterone to hormone therapy in women after menopause enhances their sexual function. However, it may also reduce HDL cholesterol (the "good" cholesterol) in women, according to a systematic review of current evidence."If the reduction in HDL had been associated with an increase in triglycerides [fatty acids] or LDL cholesterol it would be of great concern," said Dr. Susan Davis, professor of medicine at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, and study co-author "However,...

By Adam Tanner SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The head of the BALCO lab at the center of a global sports steroid scandal was sentenced to four months in prison on Tuesday, a punishment the judge said was less than drug dealers get in less significant cases. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston approved a plea deal that will send BALCO head Victor Conte, 55, to prison for four months and home for four months of confinement. She then sentenced Greg Anderson, 39, baseball superstar Barry Bonds'...