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The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) last Thursday unveiled the WADA accredited anti-doping laboratory, which will operate during the London 2012 Games. (PRWEB) January 21, 2012 The London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) last Thursday unveiled the WADA accredited anti-doping laboratory which will operate during the London 2012 Games. LOCOG, laboratory service providers GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and laboratory operators...
Analysis shows now-banned technical swimsuits led to top swim performances in 2009 Superstar swimmers and certain comic book superheroes have something unusual in common--when they wear special suits, they gain phenomenal abilities. A first-of-its-kind study from Northwestern Medicine highlights how now-banned technical swimsuits artificially enhanced athlete performance in 2009. “Our data strongly indicate that it was more than just hard work that allowed athletes to set the...
Anabolic Xtreme marks the new standards that the company believes and operates in, a set of standards that they hope will become commonplace throughout the nutritional supplement industry. Tempe, AZ (PRWEB) November 09, 2011 Today in Federal Court, Nutrition Distribution, doing business as Anabolic Xtreme, pleaded guilty to a number of charges related to the since discontinued products, Hyperdrol X2 and Slim Xtreme. This plea agreement is the result of Anabolic Xtreme’s full...
WASHINGTON, April 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The conviction of Barry Bonds last week, the 'retirement' of Manny Ramirez, and the ongoing investigations of Roger Clemens and Lance Armstrong are just the tip of the sports-drugs iceberg," Robert Weiner, former spokesman for the White House National Drug Policy Office, said today. Weiner, also a former spokesman for the World Anti-Doping Agency at the Olympics, gave the Ken Feinberg Distinguished History Lecture at the University of...
DURHAM, N.C., March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Slate Pharmaceuticals -- Testopel®, an FDA-approved testosterone replacement therapy product marketed by Slate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of Durham, North Carolina, announced today that it has entered into a sponsorship agreement with professional golfer Doug Barron. Barron, a long-time PGA Tour veteran from Memphis, Tennessee, is perhaps best known for being the first and only player in professional golf to be suspended for doping under the PGA...
SAN DIEGO, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LifeVantage Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: LFVN), the maker of science-based solutions to oxidative stress, announced today that the Banned Substances Control Group (BSCG) recently certified its flagship product, Protandim, as free of substances banned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and other professional and amateur sports associations. Protandim®, a patented dietary supplement comprised of five highly synergistic herbal...
UK Anti-Doping has today confirmed that England weightlifter Denis Catana has been suspended from all competition for two years following an anti-doping rule violation. (PRWeb UK) January 6, 2011 UK Anti-Doping has today confirmed that England weightlifter Denis Catana has been suspended from all competition for two years following an anti-doping rule violation. Catana tested positive for the Anabolic Androgenic Steroid Metenolone in August 2010 as part of UK Anti-Doping's...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ex-White House Drug Spokesman Robert Weiner is saying that "With the 2012 summer Olympics in London less than two years away, it's time to prepare for an onslaught of illegal drug use during the Games. A re-look at recent Olympic history starting with the 2002 Salt Lake Games teaches an important lesson--the world drug testing apparatus must be fully prepared to keep the Games clean." Weiner and analyst Caitlin Harrison co-authored an...
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Catlin Consortium, a leading group of research organizations dedicated to ensuring the safety of over-the-counter products and clean competing environments for athletes, is stepping up its efforts to address the possible presence of potentially harmful hidden active ingredients in dietary supplements and help alleviate the associated risks to consumers and athletes. While more than half the population of the United States consumes vitamins...
Ethics pledge asks professionals to deter use of banned substances INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Continued controversy over the use of banned substances by elite athletes has prompted leading medical and sports organizations to call for stringent ethical principles for physicians, allied medical professionals, coaches, athletic trainers and others. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM), the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) and a growing list of other...
