The nature of sports fosters a strong desire to win, and some athletes will do anything to rise to the top. Every elite athlete wants to get an edge somehow over his or her opponents. Many athletes have turned to supplements to gain this edge and the use of performance enhancing drugs has increased...

Canadian track star Ben Johnson was denied his gold medal in the 1988 Olympics after he tested positive for anabolic steroids. This incident sparked worldwide attention to the extent of anabolic steroid use. To date, the International Olympic Committee has barred the use of seventeen anabolic ster...

Steroids Steroids have been becoming more popular over the years despite all of the warnings and side effects. Professional sports players definitely don't help the whole thing, I mean they are kids role models. Steroids have a wide range of usages, from medicine, to help people, to illegal a...

Anabolic Steroids Anabolic steroids are synthetic coumpounds formulated to be like the male sex hormone testosterone. Many athletes use anabolic steroids male and female alike, such as body builders , weightlifters, baseball players, football players, swimmers, and runners. They do so bec...