This is a comprehensive and objective look at the ergogenic properties of anabolic steroids, their physical and psychological effects, and the medical implications of anabolic steroid use by athletes. The book also details alternatives for solving the problem of steroids in sport. This book is written in an accessible style designed to make it equally valuable to researchers and practitioners. The authors are leading experts in steroid research, clinical sports medicine and journalism. Many of the contributors have also assisted sport federations and the US government in addressing the problem of drug use in sport. The contributors examine the history and definition of anabolic steroids, anabolic steroid use among amateur and professional athletes, what anabolic steroids are purported to do and whether or not they do it, the health implications of anabolic steroids, and the history and problems of drug testing. The book also covers the future of steroid use in sports and discusses ways of addressing the problem of steroid and performance-enhancing drug use, including legalization, interdiction, drug testing, education and value change.
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Recently, former pro football player Lyle Alzado died of cancer attributed to the use of anabolic steroids. Yesalis (professor of health policy, administration, exercise and sports science, Penn State) has edited an objective, in-depth collection of articles that examine anabolic-androgenic steroids, their effects, and long-term medical prognosis of use. Journalists, researchers, and former athletes discuss steroids in sports and society and offer solutions to this problem engendered by a win-at-all-cost philosophy. Alarmingly, the trend of steroid abuse is not only prevalent among male bodybuilders and athletes such as Alzado, but also among women and teenagers as documented in this study. This book is timely and scholarly and will be a valuable addition to any library receiving requests for scientific exercise material.
-Albert Spencer, Coll. of Education, Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
-Albert Spencer, Coll. of Education, Univ. of Nevada-Las Vegas
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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The scientific community did not recognize the endocrine function of the testis until almost 100 years after the initial demonstration by Berthold in 1849. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
anabolic steroid dependence, withdrawal from anabolic steroids, anabolic steroid withdrawal, anabolic steroid users, anabolic steroid testing, injectable anabolic steroids, androgen esters, elite power lifters, androgen use, endogenous testosterone levels, using anabolic steroids, androgen abuse, anabolic steroid abuse, male high school seniors, modified steroids, testosterone esters, used anabolic steroids, steroid abusers, addiction hypothesis, oral androgens, tumor rupture, anabolic activity, castrated dogs, testosterone molecule, taking anabolic steroids Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Journal of the American Medical Association, United States, National Institute, Los Angeles, Sports Illustrated, American Journal of Psychiatry, New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Steroid Biochemistry, Psychosomatic Medicine, American Journal of Sports Medicine, British Medical, Internal Medicine, Monte Carlo, Acta Endocrinologica, Clinical Sports Medicine, Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, World Health Organization Task Force, American Journal of Physiology, Associated Press, International Olympic Committee, American Journal of Medicine, International Athletic Foundation World Symposium, Sports Science Consultants, Academic Press New!
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