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...medals he won at the Pan American Games in Caracas, Venezuela, after the biggest drug bust in the history of international amateur sporting competition. In all, nine medalists and five additional athletes from the U.S., Canada, Cuba and other nations were disqualified because tests showed that they used anabolic steroid drugs or ephedrine stimulants, which are banned by the International Olympic Committee. After the test results, Michels was also automatically suspended for one year by the United States Weightlifting Federation, making him ineligible for the Los Angeles Games. The prospect of being caught out by the chemical tests apparently...
Most commonly that something is an anabolic steroid. Many athletes believe that these compounds, which can be derived from the male hormone testosterone or produced synthetically, speed the development of muscle tissue, increase aggressiveness and promote strength. Prescribed in hospitals to promote weight gain among burn victims, surgical patients and others, steroids have long been the training drug of choice for body builders, football players and weightlifters. Injected or swallowed in pill form, the drug does help add weight, but there is no conclusive medical proof that it increases strength. The evidence is mounting, however, that steroids' often irreversible...
Even though such warnings are printed on steroid packaging, some gyms and coaches willingly offer the services of a friendly pharmacist to interested players. Many say they take the drugs to keep up with East bloc competitors, who are widely believed to be using steroids. The user athletes have been getting advice on how to beat the occasional test at meets. Explains Dr. Anthony Daly, medical director for the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee: "They used to feel safe if they stopped taking steroids two to three weeks before the test." Not after last week...
...revelations offered by NMR go beyond anatomical topography. Not only can doctors see internal organs, they can actually monitor certain processes occurring within them: blood moving through an artery, an arthritis-inflamed knee shrinking in response to steroid treatment, the reaction of a malignant tumor to therapy. "NMR opens up the whole wonderful world of in vivo chemistry," exclaims Neuroradiologist Sadek Hilal, who is testing the new technique at New York City's Presbyterian Hospital...
...Kenya, doctors prescribe steroid hormones for use against such vague complaints as poor appetite, lack of stamina and listlessness. Taken continuously in very large doses, steroids have caused clitoral enlargement in young girls and beard growth and baldness in women...